This is a Song

(Words/music - Justin Lavash)

First recorded on 25 Years (2012), re-arranged and recorded on Live in Prague 2

They chained me down and they forced me to stay

they took my home and my horses away

but they love to hear (all that they left me's)

this old beat-guitar

so this is a song from far far away

They gave me a shovel and said dig up the road

they took my voice and said do what you're told

and they call me a thief and it's probably true

so this is a song that I stole for you

Oooh I remember

moonlight in your eyes

my child bride

we danced till sunrise

and one day they tell me it all could change

if I mend my ways

if I play the game

have faith in the system

you don't have to be poor

but that's just a song we've all heard before