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Goin Southbound

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Stan Ridgway Canonical path: /ridgway-stan/goin-southbound Related lyric paths: 6
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Goin Southbound

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You walk, I'll run, and follow right behind you

You call, I'll come, and I won't remember where I come from

Over thre, at the end of the bar

This fish keeps swimming in a jar

I feel a tug on the line

Which end will I be on this time?

CHORUS

Don't box me in

One day I7ll show them just what I'm made of

There'll be a time when I won't remember what I was afraid of

And I'll be swimming in the sea, no banging on this glass for me

My eyes turned red when my life turned blue

So I'm leaving everything, that's true

And I'll jump into a brand new skin

and then you won't be able to box me in

CHORUS

Let go

There's a few places 'round that I've never been

There's an ocean out there that I gotta swim

There's a river out there that flows past my door

I wonder...I wonder...What?

And if sometimes I can't seem to talk

You'll know this blackboard lacks a piece of chalk

Don't box me in,

I told you not to

Don't box me in

Let go

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