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your own true man

from your own true man by Dan Johnson

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punch a clock punch it out when you get to end of the day
then you get into your old beat up car and then you drive away
and then you go down to the bar stare at the mirror there
and you wonder what you're doing here and then you breath the air
i aint no hero i aint got no master plan
I'm gone to kansas city i will call you if i can

it dont seem much to you but my problems are my own
you can't take away my dignity because id rather be alone
im looking at these pictures that i took on my telephone
back when we were kids and we were so sure we were grown
i aint got no job but im bound to be the boss
the crowd all went home so wont you get down off the cross

conversations smoke rings trying to break these empty chains
take away the bodies and lets see the remains
like the pyramids of my ego the mountains of my needs
piled in the resurrections of my most mundane deeds
made a fool out of everyone trying to prove I aint born to die
even gods own children got to fly into the sky
so don't ask why
im trying to tell you something thats been burning in my mind
but the opinions you insinuate make the truth too hard to find
pretend you're not so complicated maybe you'd find liberation
until then you're just a prisoner to your vain imagination
honey i wont lie about my reasons for being here
its just you seem attached to thinking must be some kind of fear
so it appears

punch a clock punch it out when you get to end of the day
then you get into your old beat up car and then you drive away
and then you go down to the bar stare at the mirror there
and you wonder what you're doing here and then you breath the air
i aint no hero i aint got no master plan
I'm gone to kansas city i will call you if i can
your own true man

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from your own true man, released June 1, 2018

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Dan Johnson Burlington, Vermont

low key folk music - (how many?) records, a few (dozen?) years worth of weird gigs, no pressure y'all... did shows with some great folks and I just love country bluegrass and any kinda folk song mostly...

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