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from Bandera II by Bandera

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or but a chosen few running out this sinful tide
needing something to hold their guidance true
i could give a damn if the world should swallow me whole
i would give a damn if a damn wasn't so damn hard to give
storms hit and oh what are we to do?
storms hit well they never seem to stay away

when I was young my father said to me
"just do what you love and please don't look to me"
so I set my sails based on what he said
my mast is pointed forward and my journey lies ahead
now my ship's at sea and I live through spear and net
I don't have a home because I haven't landed yet
sometimes I miss my father and the wisdom in his head
he said "you have no worries you can't fear abandonment"
the past is all gone the horizon bears my debt
to seek a promised land rebuild and then collect

I will pray to the tide until my life is set
when I sail through wind and rain the pressure reminds me of my mortality
but I will endure the storm until my task is complete or I'm buried at sea

there's a drought in the town tonight the booze sells well
there's a plague in the town tonight the disease sells well
everybody's got to drink everybody's got to deal
everybody's got to think everybody's got to heal

see land ahead
(what was left)
what is this? what is this?
(is just a shipwreck)
I see land ahead
(blowing smoke signs)
through the mist
(before my eyes)

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from Bandera II, released July 31, 2011

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