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Artist: Bobby Long
Canonical path: /bobby-long/penance-fire-blues
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Penance Fire Blues
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Penance Fire Blues
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I see papers and papers
Stacked up in formation
Which mean much before
They're lined in the fire
As a bottomless heat goes
To harness your anger
Your blood and
Your deepest desire
Because there's no truth stolen
That's been ever brought forward
From the minds of the rioters
Looking face down on the gutter
Cause this world's full of thinkers
And suffragette speakers
Who deny that they ever wear a dress
Oh this god forsaken town's in a mess
And all the truths we let out loose
Is desperate to amuse
As it grabs you by the throat
And strings out all the times you've used
But now you don't belong
Whisper when you speak
You turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet
Oh let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
So let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
But as the morning awakens
That light sends a shudder
Twist of hope that held you down
Is left to rest and stir
You back down a hallway
To flourish the darkness
And you fool yourself
You did it all for her
And him, and her
And all the truths we let out loose
Is desperate to amuse
As it grabs you by the throat
And strings out all the times you've used
But now you don't belong
Whisper when you speak
You turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet
Trying to find your feet now
Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Oh let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Seen your face before
Rich boy playing poor
Ravaging the whores
Ignoring constant calls
Now you don't belong
Whisper when you speak
You turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet
Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
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