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Thread #150673   Message #3511475
Posted By: Joe Offer
03-May-13 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Voice That Lives Inside You (L Rosselson)
Subject: ADD: The Voice That Lives Inside You (Rosselson)
This is what I hear on the Leon Rosselson recording:

THE VOICE THAT LIVES INSIDE YOU
(Leon Rosselson)

When you're new in the world, you've a dream that is wild,
And they tame you and mold you, 'til one day, behold,
You're obedient soldiers, commuters, consumers,
Reality rules, and there's no room for dreamers,
They teach you your place in the obstacle race
With a prize that you chase, always just out of reach,
And you're urged on by megaphone voices that offer you
Choices that are not your own.

CHORUS:
Only listen for the voice that lives inside you;
Like a songbird in a cage, it waits in silence.
Find the key to set it free and soaring skyward;
Now the sky is filled with voices, hear them sing beside you.

When the powers that be in their wisdom decree
That you're no longer needed to feed the machine,
The wheel turns, you're dismissed; if you dare to resist,
There are walls, there are laws to confuse you and bruise you.
They'll label you scroungers and wasters and sponges;
They'll call you subversives, reds, traitors, and worse.
If you don't fit the norm, if your ways don't conform
To the rules, then you're out of the game.
CHORUS

The way they've arranged things, you think you can't change things;
You're one, you're just you; but whatever they do,
Don't forget to remember, you're a name not a number,
And no one can think for you, dream for you, speak for you.
Don't let them bind you down, don't let them grind you down,
Don't let them mold you, 'til one day, behold,
You're obedient tools, you're commuters, consumers,
And reality rules out your dreams.
CHORUS