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Slow Poison

from Leaving West by Terry Lee Hale

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SLOW POISON

HELLO POISON, WE HEAR YOU CALLING
FAMILIAR LIKE A FRIEND
AT LEAST NOW IT'S IN THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
IT'S GOOD WE DON’T PRETEND
IT’S TAKEN TIME, TELEVISION AND TIME
OF COURSE WE KNOW LIVING LIFE
HERE IN THE CITY
IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK AND SEE
THE HATEFUL STARES AND THE SILENT SIGNS
DIRECTED AT MY DARK SKINNED FRIENDS AND ME
BUT WE KNOW WHY

WE KNOW WHY OUR NATION
PLAYS TRICKLE DOWN AND LIES TO CONTROL
WE KNOW WHY THEY'RE JEALOUS
AND FEAR TO EVER REALLY LET GO
OH WE KNOW

SAME OLD TRASH, OVERUSED BEDSPRINGS
SAME OLD TAKE AWAY
BABIES GROWN AND JUMPING
BUSY DOING NOTHING
NO WORK OR MONEY TO PLAY
AND IT'S WHY TRY

SLOW POISON
SO DISSATISFIED
NOWHERE REALLY TO CLIMB
IF YOU WANT TO RUN
WHERE DO YOU GO?
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
AND WHAT'S PRIDE?

BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR NATION
PLAYS TRICKLE DOWN AND LIES TO CONTROL
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE JEALOUS
AND FEAR TO EVER REALLY LET GO
OH WE KNOW
WE KNOW


(D C# A# C# A# D) CAPO 1

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from Leaving West, released November 12, 2020

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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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