Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - The Ballad Of The Sin Father Lyrics

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Artist: Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
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Ted Leo And The Pharmacists Author

Album: Hearts of Oak (2003)
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak Album

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak Album

Song Title:	The Ballad Of The Sin Father
Genre:	Rock
Visits:	662

when you run, digger, runner,
listener, thief, you carry it all with you.
today i woke up uncertain,
and you know that gives me the fits,
so i left this land of fungible convictions
because it seemed like the pits.
and when i say, "conviction" i mean it's something to abjure
and when i say "uncertain" i mean to doubt i'll not turn out a caricature.
so i set off in search of my forebears,
coz my forbearance was in need,,
but the only job i could get in dear old blighty
was working on the railway between selby and leeds.
so i took a ferry to belfast, where i had cause to think:
they wanted none of my arm-chair convictions
but nobody seemed to mind when i was putting on the drinks!
and you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
ah, but they hate you, and they hate you 'coz you're guilty,
so...i stayed out all night in ibixa,
by way of san sebastian, where they said
'yanque, you better watch what you're saying, unless you're sayin'
it in basque or in catalan!"
so all the way east to novi-sad,
where narry a bridge was to be seen,
but mother russia, she laid her pontoons on down,
so i crossed over, if you know what i mean...
then on the road to damascus, yes,
the scales, they fell from my eyes,
and the simplest lesson i learned at the mount of olices: everybody lies.
and the french foreign legion
you know they did their best - but i never believed in t.e.
lawrence, so how the hell could i believe in beau gest?
and you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didnt think they could hate you, now did you?
you didnt think they could hate you, now did you?
ah, but they hate you, and they hate you 'coz you're guilty,
so...i spent a night in kigali in a five diamond hotel,
where maybe someday, they'll do the wa-tutsi down in hutu hell.
and i fell in with a merchant marine who promised to take me home,
but when i woke up beaten and bloodied,
i couldn't tell if it was jersey or sierra leone!
and you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didn't think they could have you, now did you?
ah, but they hate you, and they hate you coz you're guilty...
and the knocking in my head, just like the knocking at my door.
and maybe it was me or maybe it was my brother,
but either me or me and him went down to the bar,
where i got seven powersin me for to give me the cure,
but when seven powers failed to spin me,
i had to get me seven more.
and when i say, "me" i mean my brain.
and when i say "give me the cure" i mean to kill the pain.
and when i say "kill the pain" i meant to get the devil out.
and when i say "devil" i mean the manifestation of doubt!
and you didnt think they could hate you,
now did you you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
you didn't think they could hate you, now did you?
ah, but they hate you, make no mistake - they hate you...

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Me and Mia "the sun was out, the air was warm, but Oh, I was cold And though I must have looked a half a person, to tell the tale, in my own version,..."	The One Who Got Us Out "I know I like doing a lot of talking. Time goes on, I'm talking still While Soldier girls are dodging grenades and rockets, and moms and dads are paying the bill And they say, it's the only way..."
Counting Down The Hours "Innocence it don't come easy, in a sense it never will Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed So I asked our Mr. Mellow how to get to where one's going And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road..."	Little Dawn "Well Little Dawn walks on, and she thinks she don't belong under the starry heights So take a sigh as long as the war's been going on in your heart tonight And if you want to make that light, go on and swim across the ocean..."
Heart Problems "You got a problem with your heart Follow the line down your left arm If there's no money in your left hand You could be pulled apart..."	Criminal Piece "There's no more bad weather underground It's time to settle down For all of the kiddies' sakes Yeah, you'll want to be around..."
Better Dead Than Lead "I had a golden ring and I kept it with golden things In the Bank of Million dreams that was bursting at all the seams I had a golden ring. It was such an important thing That I kept it beneath my bed, and I carried it in my head..."	Shake The Sheets "I said, "I wonder how it is I'm standing here, while war is raging everywhere under the sky? I feel defeated here by everything, cheated here by everyone on every side..."
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