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The Fortress
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Richard Thompson
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One day, the ceiling falls in on you Your more than perfect world Has suddenly come unglued There you are One day, your fortress is so much dust The friends you thought you knew Have all betrayed your trust There you are Head over heels, nothing to cling to Struck down dumb, no muses to sing to Four winds blow you, lift you, fling you Into the sky.... You're no John Wayne, you're no gun slinger You thought you had the whole world Wrapped around your finger You always said: "It was the song and not the singer" After all..... You set your own wake You thought that that was clever You staked your bets on living forever Forever, forever, forever, forever But after all.... You were bound to fall You were bound to fall One day, trouble will seek you out You can run and you can hide But your life is up the spout And there you are One day, nothing makes sense at all Your career's slow suicide Your brain has hit the wall There you are Spinning around on a carousel of voices Talking in tongues a hundred James Joyces Screaming in your head as if you need choices After all.... You're no John Wayne, you're no gun slinger You thought you had the whole world Wrapped around your finger You always said: "It was the song and not the singer" After all..... You set your own wake You thought that that was clever You staked your bets on living forever Forever, forever, forever, forever But after all.... You were bound to fall You were bound to fall
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