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from Landlocked (album) by David Morrison

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"And YOU were there... And you! And you!"

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You dream that you live in a mansion
With wainscoting flecked with gold
Or you dream that you live in a cave in the hills
Like the gnostic fathers of old

You dream that you marry your true love
And you nest for the rest of your life
Or you dream that you pack up a suitcase and gun
And finally get shut of your wife

Now killing your time is murder
And murder's a crime as we know
But when you find that you're you
And you're not someone else
Your dreams are the last to go

You dream that they wait on your judgment
And no-one can sit 'til you speak
Or you dream that you're stripped of your name and your rank
And you have to dig holes for a week

You dream you're the emperor Augustus
And the war in the north looks grave
But Augustus falls sleeping while studying his maps
And dreams he's Augustus' slave

Now killing your time is murder
And murder's a crime as we know
But when you find you're the slave
Of the world that you rule
Your dreams are the last to go

What does it matter if your dream is real?
If it's all that you have
If it's all you can steal

In the cold morning light with my coffee
I picked through the bones of the Times
The glamor, the gore
I'd seen it all before
I lost the war with my wandering mind

I daydreamed I finally forgave you
For dreaming of somebody new
But I forgot the whole thing
When the telephone rang
And I picked it up
It was you

Now killing your time is murder
And murderers often go free
But the balance of time
Will attest to the crime
That this dream has inflicted
On me

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from Landlocked (album), released June 12, 2011
Words and music © David Morrison 2010 BMI

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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble, The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording. ... more

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