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The Philadelphia Ruse

from The Floating Life by Leadfinger

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lyrics

The Philadelphia Ruse
(Written by Stewart Cunningham)

Where are you now? My old band
They were golden days – I wish they could shine again
We played the rock’n’roll, the disappointment blues
I got a broken back, we always played to lose
We all played to lose, The Philadelphia blues
What did it say about those desperate days

Where are you now, is that what they say?
All your high school rules – I wouldn’t join the gang
We played all those towns – we drove all those miles for nuthin
Never played the Second Chance – we lost it all in a foreign land

We all played to lose – The Philadelphia ruse
Is all over now, our dreams gone to ground

…where are you now
cold American days, I spent them all alone …calling home

That’s the way it goes, playing in a band
Someone had to pay… someone is to blame
Someone tells the tale the truth is what you want it to be

…so I headed home, yes I made it home

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from The Floating Life, released July 20, 2007

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