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I lived in a town

from 1​+​1 by Malachi Doyle & Mario Genovese

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I lived in a town
Where no one carries a camera around
For fear of being stabbed
Keep you head down & don’t acknowledge what you’ve seen
The criminals who rule this town
Who "...choke the breath of conscience and good cheer.."
Bob Dylan wrote that
Are looked up to by children, lamented by the middle aged
Who spent their youth enthralled
On the very same stage
I lived in a town

I lived in a town
Where music is just designing a mask
Displaying all the power that you pretend to have
Where kindness is seen as weakness
Which it proved to be
Coz one can’t buck the trend & in the end I had to leave
I never learned to be a superman, or a walking ghost unaffected by it all
In the end this town got too small
I bashed my head up against the wall
I lived in a town
(& I ain’t comin back, ever comin back again)

In the end I had the means to get back home
Where one can feel like a man
& it’s no big deal
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Less than I used to
Coz I been scarred
I ain’t a hard man, but don’t fuck with me
Thing is I wanna yield
I wanna fight the good fight coz I know that it’s right
To open your heart up to the world

I lived in a town
(& I ain’t comin back, ever comin back again)

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from 1​+​1, released October 17, 2013
Written by Malachi Doyle
Mal - Vox and Acoustic git
Mars - Mandolin

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Malachi Doyle Melbourne, Australia

Born in Melbourne, Australia. Has travelled and toured widely, including long stays in Fiji and the UK to develop a unique blend of Folk, Blues, Country, Reggae and Fijian. Lyrical preoccupations of Love, Social Observation, Protest, God and Whimsy.
More recently he has moved into Expressionist Folk Poetry & Song with Mel From Melbourne and Earth To Malachi, dance parrot and the band Bait. ... more

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