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Roadkill Dove

from In The Skin Of A Man by Tony Farris

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Sprawled out like a bearskin rug
Loved by many but the respect is all gone
Where there once was life there now is none
And the once feared creature is now walked on

This old bag of tricks, everyone's seen
Ain't no surprises left, nothing off screen
There ain't no backbone here, you know what I mean
Yes, this old hunk of land is just a fading scene

(Chorus)
Why don't we all just play along
Act for the film and sing for the song
Pledge allegiance to this home you love
And be just like another roadkill dove

Fly out from your house of cards
From your jacks and your queens and your kingly scars
Can your full house win, when your suite is charged
Just run from us now and hide beneath your bars

Chorus

Why do we cry in the dead of the night
And why can't we sleep on this unmade bed of life
And why don't we reach for the light

Chorus

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from In The Skin Of A Man, released June 25, 2016

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Tony Farris Hopewell, Virginia

Tony Farris is a singer/songwriter residing in the town of Hopewell, Va. Inspired greatly by the Folk Boom music of the 60's up into the psychedelia movement, Progressive rock, grunge and garage rock, the list goes on. His music is carefully arranged, descriptive and mysterious in nature. Certainly a story teller that show's you, rather than tells you. ... more

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