POLITICAL
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Spirit of the West
album: Labour Day
(this also appears on Go Figure, but it is a bit different)
I was tired of being put right down by my
self for not being what you thought you had found
Pulled hard in two directions by a
desire to learn and my old affections
When I tried to share my world with you
you could not seem to tolerate the
people I have grown to love
They shrank under your scrutiny, became the ones you'd hate, why did
CHORUS:
everything, every little thing, every little thing with you and
me have to be so political
Everything, every little thing, every little thing with you and
( )*
me had to be so political
* (fill not played before third verse)
I was feeling a little underwhelmed about
hanging 'round with you and feeling over-cautious
Every word, every little look, every little sign, every little
phrase put me deeper in your doghouse
You'd let me out to run across your world, I
ran into a wall, you told me I built it then you'd
Reel me in, ream me out, pick me up, push me
out again, and then repeat, why did
CHORUS
Too busy tripping on my tongue, to try and stand my ground
I can still see myself crying in your lap asking you
"Are you happy with the man you have found?"
HARMONICA SOLO:
(repeated 4 times)
I'm grateful for what you did for me
I can see things now I never would have seen
And today I thought about what could have been but could
Never be for you and me because
CHORUS
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ "Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be."
-L. Cohen
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