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I suppose this song has something to do with the feeling of having to start a new semester at university after a long summer break. From freedom to the indoctrination camp in the blink of an eye. This song would be nothing if not for the legendary Johnny O spouting his poetry in the middle.

lyrics

Blind Eyes

The dying hours of freedom
The deal of time outplayed
Feet that don't feel ready for
The rush of the circus parade
What happened before happened again
Repetition has written the book
Sadder than a dime store painting
That wishes for someone to look
Day to day, play the game
Make it pay, sail away.

Concrete sea where souls fade
Step on the clock and begin
Hail the almighty dollar
Neglect the system within
Manufactured heartbeat
Manipulation brain
Adam and Eve wrapped to a T
In the finest of chains
Day to day, play the game
Make it pay, sail away
Day to day, play the game
Go insane, sail away.

It was one time, but I can't remember
It left me blind, cold and tender
It upset my mind, enraged my temper
How close am I to the center?
Bright sunshine, listen and think
If it's mine, it won't sink
It's a drunk time, swimming in sauce
Like a tumbling rock when it's worn soft
Like a legend that lived that you called boss
The clean smell that's never been washed
Seize the moment, don't get old
Face the fire that you hold
It's a fun time when you're upset
Like something said that you don't forget
Like your face is lead and so is your lip
When you're hungry it makes you sick
Work together, paddle and row
Ignore the weather down below
If life were a rock kicked here or there
Always kicked to somewhere
It started from where it left off
Started again but never got lost

Day to day, play the game
make it pay, sail away.

(c) Bob Westfall. 2010.

credits

from OUTLAWS IN CHAINS (2010), released October 1, 2010
Instruments and vocal by Bob Westfall
Background vocal by Ainsley Reid
Background vocal by Cindy Dorland
Djembe by Chris Logan
Poetry interlude written and performed by John Overton

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