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The Survivor

from Burlap and Gold by Matt Morrow

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i'm the suvivor
i won't be taken down
i've been here longer
than anyone else in this town
everyone who came before is dead
but i can hear their voices in my head

when i was younger
they didn't take my kind
in back of the bus
in our own separate line
now they're open arms and open doors
don't you wonder what they feel so sorry for?

i can't remember why i came
i can't remember my own name
i can't remember, but you can bet
that there are some things that this tired old mind will not forget

the sunday paper
put my face in there
an endangered species
in the city's care
celebrating all my hundred years
with "happy birthdays" that nobody hears

i'm the survivor
i won't be taken down
i've been here longer
than anyone else in this town
everyone who came before is dead
but i can hear their voices in my head
they won't let me rest
not yet

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from Burlap and Gold, released July 25, 2011
guitar, banjo, percussion, vocals - matt morrow
handclaps - anna mikel jones

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