Shut It All, Out (v. A)

from In Between People by simpleton

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Notes: This is more like the sound of the song it should be. Version B appeared on True Story (2008). Missing the two lines right before the instrumental bars.

The words came to me from behind a lead wall. Like torn from my own unwritten memoir. This is it. The story of my life.

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Boy at the bottom of the stairs
too many cares
a shroud, a crown,
in a bowl of black hair
puppet on strings
given plenty of hollow things
and off to the fort he goes
a place I know
built to shut it all out

cower in corners
scared of math
hiding behind the rock
at the top of the path
In space I am - safe to plan
a world around the bend
And I'm going to the tower
to take my revenge.

(I know how to toughen up - suck it up
'cuz stone don't tear
I know there's a place to go
and a way to get there)

Outdoor singing
Goin backyard
Harold's Chicken
on Mastercard

I know a place we can go - a place I know
to shut it all out.

With my guitar
I can shut it all out.

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from In Between People, released May 1, 2008

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