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Autobiographies

from The Present by Ian Fisher & The Present

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In all those autobiographies
that I keep telling myself I should read
I'm sure I'll find many chapters on
things that great men once did wrong
But didn't know it then and I'll feel like them
But for now I'll write the manuscript
of a chapter in my life that'd I probably skip
If I could

Although I know I should not complain,
sometimes I just cannot refrain
From justifying means with ends,
while lacking direction
But I guess I'm on my way
towards another day
Where I will wake and I will sleep
and look for meaning in between

There was a dawn and it broke
and the sun reflected off my windows
The air was blue and green
and purple were there too
The grass covered in mist just like little kids
Fast a sleep in their own beds, how I need that
How I can't go back

I guess a man can have many homes
I guess that's different than homeless
And I suppose that I'm not alone
But that don't make me less restless

I'm gonna pack the car and
leave while it's still dark
And watch the dawn break
in green and blue
Over blurred, sleeping cities
that I pass through

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from The Present, released March 1, 2013

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A modern songwriter born in rural America and living in Europe, making what Rolling Stone calls "Half Americana & Half Abbey Road-Worthy Pop".

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