"Could I make a difference?" Jimmy said,
"If I put a bullet through my headline,
I was raised on all the songs and stories,
The myths and phony glories
That say that we're all doing fine"
Come on, mate, pour me another glass
Watch the room gyrate before I pass out on the floor
I was raised on all the songs and stories,
The myths and phony glories
I don't believe them any more.
So please don't wake me from my happiness
With all these real things that shake me to my core
When money gives you the right
to take another man's life,
Don't wanna live in this world no more.
"I can't live in this daze with you," Jimmy said,
"Of TV and God and new iPods, let's make a new iDeal
We'll tear down all the songs and stories
The myths and phony glories
Let's do something for the real."
So please save me from my happiness
With all these real things that shake me to my core
When money gives you the right
to take a thousand lives
Don't wanna live in this world no more
Don't wanna live in this world no more.
credits
from The Runaway EP,
released December 6, 2015
Music and lyrics by Cal Murphy; arranged by Seven Drunken Knights
Vocals/Guitars - Cal Murphy
Flute - Ruben Rebollo
Mandolin - Joan Palomares
Bodhrán - Agnes Galliana
Violins - Jordi Roig
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