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What A Good Boy

from Commit No Nuisance by The Distance

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When I was born
They looked at me and said
What a good boy
What a smart boy
What a strong boy
And when you were born
They looked at you and said
What a good girl
What a smart girl
What a pretty girl
We've got these chains
Hanging 'round our necks
People want to strangle us with them
Before we take our first breath
Afraid of change
Afraid of staying the same
When temptation calls
We just look away
This name is the hair shirt I wear
And this hair shirt is woven from your brown hair
This song is the cross that I bear
Bear with me
Bear with me
Bear with me
Be with me tonight
I know that it isn't right
But be with me tonight
I go to school
I write exams
If I pass if I fail if I drop out
Does anyone give a damn?
And if they do
They'll soon forget
'Cause it won't take much for me
To show my life ain't over yet
I wake up scared
I wake up strange
I wake up wondering if anything in my life
Is ever gonna change
I wake up scared
I wake up strange
And everything around me stays the same
It's the hair shirt I wear
And this hair shirt is woven from
It's woven from your brown hair
This song is the cross that I bear
Bear with me
Bear with me
Bear with me
Be with me tonight
I know that it isn't right
But be with me tonight
I couldn't tell you
I was wrong
Chickened out grabbed a pen and a paper
Sat down and I wrote this song
I couldn't tell you
That you were right
So instead I looked in the mirror
Watched TV, laid awake all night
We've got these chains
Hanging round our necks
People want to strangle us with them
Before we take our first breath
Afraid of change
Afraid of staying the same
When temptation calls, yeah
This name is the hair shirt I wear
And this hair shirt is woven from
It's woven from
It's woven from hair
This song is the cross that I bear
Bear with me
Bear with me
Bear with me
Be with me tonight
And when I was born
They looked at me and said
What a good boy
What a smart boy
What a strong boy
And when you were born
They looked at you and said
What a good girl
What a smart girl
What a pretty girl, yeah, yeah

credits

from Commit No Nuisance, released July 3, 2020
Mat - Acoustic Guitar + Vocals
Sophie - Acoustic Guitar + Vocals

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The Distance Manchester, UK

The Distance are an acoustic-ish duo based in Northern England which is a bit like Southern America.

They have so far sucessfully avoided having to spend any time at all outside among the baying crowds by carving out a humble living as musicians.

They dream of one day giving it all up to raise geese on the falkland islands, but the rents are prohibitive and their sat-nav is crap.
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