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A New Bandana

from Wild Awake by John Lyle

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A New Bandana

Cut-throat morons with their bloody horns and their bodies made of beer
Oh Susanna, got a new bandana but I won’t wear it here
There’s a place where the shining face of freedom takes a stand
Whosoever’s gonna hold together way down in Neverland

You start out golden then you wind up holding
All the things your mother told you
You had to know to get to go, where it is you’ll never know
The sacrifice you’ll have to make to find your calling
Oh so many tears keep falling

Screw repentance, it’s a whole life sentence and that’s a lot of years
Oh Susanna, got a new bandana but I won’t wear it here
There’s a place where the shining face of freedom takes a stand
Whosoever’s gonna hold together way down in Never
Down in Never, down in Never, down in Never, down in Neverland

I felt much better when I wrote that letter ‘bout the moonshadow
And the old ladder, and the silver that fell from your hair
I felt so shattered when it still mattered I’m too cold to care
Screw repentance, it’s a whole life sentence and that’s a lot of years
Oh Susanna, got a new bandana but I won’t wear it here

There’s a place where the shining face
Of freedom takes a stand
Whosoever’s gonna hold together
Way down in Never, down in Never, down in Never
Down in Never, down in Never, down in Never, down in Neverland

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from Wild Awake, released February 7, 2010
John Lyle- vocals.
Simon Atherley- guitar.

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John Lyle Sechelt, British Columbia

The lyrics for most of the songs appearing in these albums are available in book form: "The Kindest Lies: the Lyrics of John Lyle", published by Leaky Boot Press (June 28, 2013).

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