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Artist: Bill Chinnock
Canonical path: /bill-chinnock/badlands
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Badlands
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Badlands
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In the broken wings of a twisted Harley
On an angry twisted day
I'll make my stand and die like a man
The hard way
Inside an empty ring of faces
Faceless in the street
I'll be a sailor
Christ, I'm a sailor
And sail in the concrete
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
They built a brand new highway
Where my home used to be
And a neon flood of lightnin' and thunder
Roared in like the sea
And honky tonks and a penny arcade
Washed up on my street
My Harley cried like a wounded lion and danced
Crazy on the concrete
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
I don't want to be no number
In a numbered office drawer
Let them tremble in the lightnin' and the thunder
As my wounded Harley
Circles behind and roars
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
Ride with me
Ride with me
I'll make my stand
And die like a man in the badlands
City soldier, the streets embraces you
The concrete is your home
A dinossaur from the fifties
I face the flood alone
And all my little children
In the street they play
And pick up the studs of a broken angel
On an angry twisted day
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