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Three​-​Day Rampage

from RURAL by John Ellis

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THREE DAY RAMPAGE

I got that sinking feeling – forgotten something
I’m checking my pockets to see what’s missing
Teenagers’re beating the Grim Reaper with a stick
That girl’s so healthy it must be some kind of trick
I want to go home but I can’t get there from here

Asleep in the aisle seat – I’m in the exit row
There’s all kinds of chaos twenty thousand feet below
I’ve got ten thousand songs but I’m four records short
I need the whole collection to make that connection
I want to go home but I can’t get there from here

Someone hand me a dollar in the wrong currency
She’s full of anxiety – the fear of new money
Where’s Che Guevara and Bill Hicks when you need ‘em?
All these new celebrities and no way to feed ‘em
Can’t wait to get home but I can’t get there from here

In a cold wet field one hour before midnight
We’re underneath Scorpio as we break our promises
Both from the same tribe, our roads intersected
See you on the other side – don’t get infected
I should go home but I can’t get there from here

Police pulled me over for thinking and driving
I was born in a thunderstorm, raised on lightning
Passport’s burning holes in the bedside table
Wisdom is wasted on the young and able
Wish I was going home but I can’t get there from here

Want to drink red wine in the open country
Orange sun sinking behind a crumbled building
I’ve got no shoes and loose tobacco
You’re in a thin dress, band of flowers in your hair
I want to get home but I can’t get there from here

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from RURAL, released June 26, 2012
words and music: John Ellis
Published by Jellisongs
© John Ellis 2012

John Ellis: instruments and singing
Barry van Zyl: percussion
Recorded by Howard Butcher
Mixed by Neal Snyman
Mastered by Rogan Kelsey

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John Ellis Durban, South Africa

A singer-songwriter from Durban, South Africa, John has played his music all over the world. His fifth full-length solo album "Native"will be released on April 27 2022.

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