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Puppetry

from Water Not Wine by The Stompies

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lyrics

I know a girl who has always believed
That the world could be saved just by hugging a tree.
Easily led and so simply deceived
At least she has dreams to cling to.
I will believe what I'm told to believe;
That the world won't be changed 'cos it's powered by greed,
And the men with the money will tell us we're free.
But it's sad that they're killing the music we sing to.

Tell me to go and then tell me to stay,
Tell me to leave and then I'll walk away,
And I'm here and I'm gone and I'll never look back
At least until tomorrow.
Decide what I do and decide what I say,
If yes turns to no at the end of a day,
it's not for a want of a loser to back
I'm just looking for someone to follow.

I know a woman who once stopped a war
By making a ring round the evil she saw,
And we all ‘know’ she's crazy, we all ‘know’ she's mad,
But at least she has hands to hold onto.
I know a man who will stick to his guns,
Telling the people that brimstone will come.
If they look to their neighbours and think of their sons,
But he will believe just whatever he wants to.

Tell me to go and then tell me to stay,
Tell me to leave and then I'll walk away,
And I'm here and I'm gone and I'll never look back
At least until tomorrow.
Pull on my strings and i'll jump in the air,
If my nose seems to stretch from by here to by there,
It's not for the want of a loser to back
But for smiles to hide the sorrow.

And so maybe I'll go an then maybe I'll stay,
Maybe I’ll leave and I won't walk away.
If I'm here or I'm gone: if I never look back ,
That always leaves tomorrow.
Cut all my strings and I'll jump in the air,
If I don't seem to worry; I don't seem to care,
It's not for the want of a winner to back,
But 'cos I don't need someone to follow.

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from Water Not Wine, released March 31, 2023

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The Stompies began life as ‘No Stompy on Sunshine’, but everyone referred to them as ‘The Stompies’ so that’s what they became. They’ve all been making music for several lifetimes, ofen concurrently, but not necessarily in the same room or in the same band. ... more

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