Out West

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I'm not the man you used to know
He took a train somewhere out west
packed his things and he just left
his memories he left behind
maudlin and maddening times
now the crowd is dying down
no sattellites to hang around
he's not used to looking up
and seeing stars in his eyes

I'm not the man you realize
he was into compromise
it's done this way or not at all
funny how a heart can be so big
but a mind can be so small

I'm not the man you've come to know
afraid of falling in the snow
angels listen, so i'm told
devils grasping at my soul

Sometimes it feels like I will never have control
Sometimes it feels like I will never have control
Sometimes it feels like I will never have control
Sometimes it feels like I will never have control

I'm not the man you fear at night
he drinks too hard and picks a fight
comes home cruel and licking wounds
Bleeding drunk with blackened eyes
he falls asleep before you cry

I'm not these men but we're akin
too tough to see beneath the skin
hurts too much to let love in
hurts too much to let love in

And though I can not let you in
I can never let you go
And though I can not let you in
I can never let you go
And though I can not let you in
I can never let you go
And though I can not let you in
I can never let you go

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from My Iron Spine, released September 4, 2020
Written by Mike Ewert
keys, drum loop, vox,
engineered and recorded: Paul Setser

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My Iron Spine Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/Songwriter from Wisconsin. Recently disabled. My new album is in a goth and industrial vein with flecks of punk and pop interspersed.

I hope you will forgive me for This Hell I put you through.

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