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Long Time Til I'm Home
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Lawrence Bullock is a singer songwriter living in Mendocino, CA I'm often asked who I sound like, what kind of music do I play. Well, I listen to a lot of things. In Ireland they say I sound like Christie Moore, Bob Dylan (which surprises the hell out of me), Van Morrison (again, surprised) and I've even gotten Jim Croce on occasion. But you know, I'm thinking of chucking it all and banging on rocks til I reach a state where the atoms split apart and I realize that life's the first skip of the stone God throws across the Universe pond. I just write what comes into my head. I never think about writing a "hit" tune. I know the formula for writing a "hit" tune, it just never occurs to me to write one. The music biz these days is so corporatized, that what I write seems quaint and out of date. Oh well, I can only write what I write.
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Peak #142
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
Lawrence Bullock
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2003
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March 08, 2004
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MP3 4.0 MB 128 kbps 4:24
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I was sent to a foreign land Fighting my way across the burning sand Serving my country, saving my nation Taking a stand Tempers flare as the heat starts to rise Defending people I've come to despise I'm doing my duty, but they're looking through me With hate in their eyes And it's looking like a long time til I'm home And I'm sleeping in a bed that's not my own I'm bringing democracy to a place that's killing me Good news, the brass won't cut our pay Bad news, we're in for a longer stay I'm sitting in ditches, those sonsabitches Are eating pate Been looking for weapons but it's not clear I'm starting to wonder if they just disappeared And if that's true then, what are we doing? Why are we here? And it's looking like a long time til I'm home And I'm sleeping in a bed that's not my own I'm bringing democracy...somebody lied to me I lie awake and I watch the stars No one can see my battle scars Suddenly in the shadows, something is moving I don't know who they are Scared and crazy I fire my gun Dead at eight, same age as my son I can't stop crying, I can't stop shaking What have I done? And it's looking like a long time til I'm home And I'll never be the same again I know I'm tired of all the hypocrisy (In this democracy) Say a prayer for me
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ms 007
Aug 01, 2009
Added to station, lots of loud some not so, but the msgs in your music are all anti war. Thats a breath of fresh air and tx to the first ammendment you are free to influence others. May God Bless Your soul brother. Tx for everything and the expressions thereof. Debra aka ms 007@ OUR SoundClick Stations