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Freak Show

from Leaving West by Terry Lee Hale

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FREAK SHOW

NOW I GUESS IT’S TIME WERE GOING
TO HAVE TO SEE
I’M READY FOR YOU, I BET YOU'RE NOT
READY FOR ME
I’VE BEEN AWAY A LONG TIME, I COULDN'T HANDLE THIS SCENE
I ONLY RETURN TO WIPE THE PAST CLEAN
BECAUSE I’M ASHAMED OF MYSELF AND FOR SOME OF WHAT I’VE DO
BUT IT'S HARD TO KNOW THE TRUTH,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG

AND IT'S HEY HO, HI-DY HO
I CAN ALWAYS DO THE STOMP AT A FREAK SHOW
BUT MAYBE I'D JUST LIKE TO LET IT GO PLEASE DON'T

PLEASE DON’T TELL ME THAT YOU NEVER LIE
I SEE SHADOWS CREEP YOU COULD NOT DISGUISE
I’M NOT COMING BACK TO MAKE THEM PAY
BUT THE THINGS I’VE GOT INSIDE YES,
THEY NEED TO HEAR ME SAY
BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T SAY IT THEY’D NEVER KNOW
I’M A SENTIENT CREATURE AND NOT A PIECE FOR THEIR FREAK SHOW
I’M NOT A PIECE FOR THEIR FREAK SHOW

AND IT’S HEY HO, HI-DY HO
I CAN ALWAYS DO THE STOMP AT A FREAK SHOW
BUT MAYBE I’D JUST LIKE TO LET IT GO

LOOKY, LOOKY HERE WHAT YOU'VE GONE AND DONE
I’VE SPENT LONG YEARS TRYING TO GET THIS KNOT UNDONE
CRAZY AUNTS AND UNCLES, MOM AND DAD TOO
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK ME AND MY SISTER ARE SUPPOSED TO DO?
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG IT'S HARD TO SAY
"LEAVE US ALONE,"
I DON’T WANT TO PLAY, I DON'T WANT TO
BE IN YOUR FREAK SHOW
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN YOUR FREAK SHOW

AND IT'S HEY HO, HI-DY HO
I CAN ALWAYS DO THE STOMP AT A FREAK SHOW
BUT MAYBE I'D JUST LIKE TO LET IT GO

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from Leaving West, released November 12, 2020
Mark Nichols - keyboards, accordion
Liz Dreisbach - clarinet

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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