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The Voice That Shook The Land
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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 The music biz these days is so corporatized, that what I write seems quaint and out of date.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 #209
Peak in subgenre #20
Author
Lawrence Bullock
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2004
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June 09, 2005
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MP3 4.6 MB 128 kbps 5:00
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You may not cry. Open your eyes and Put your shoulder to the wheel The war against the lie Is not a dream, it's real I hear the drums, I've lost my sense of irony Now here it comes, and you better get ready CHORUS The naked emperor parades and everybody stands out in the rain and waves Because he told them "That's the sun..." He's got great plans and no regrets And everybody's getting awfully wet But the emperor says, "Ain't we havin' fun..." People made of sticks and straw Who beg the Devil for a light And build their bonfires with the law I wonder how they sleep at night But the Emperoro he steals the show and souls are bought and sold outright And oh, the Emperor he knows Who's well oiled and spoiling for a fight CHORUS The naked emperor parades and everybody stands out in the rain and waves Because he told them "That's the sun..." He's got great plans and no regrets And everybody's getting awfully wet But the emperor says, "Ain't we havin' fun..." BRIDGE Looks like a fairy tale Feels like a thriller Follow the paper trail It leads to the killer A villain may smile and smile And still be a villain His hands are clean, he sends your child To do the killing Fresh faces waiting to be called Waiting to be all that they can be The emperor, he loves them all Because they're fooled so easily But there was once a child who looked, Pointed and said, "Hey, that's a NAKED MAN!" I read it somewhere in a book That was the voice that shook the land Shook the land The voice that shook the land
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ms 007
Aug 01, 2009
Couldn't get in any higher agreement with you, would sure like to know where you have been all this time, maybe waiting 4 a sign, l found mine. ktf Love & Prayers tx Debra aka ms 007