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Stop the Stalling

from The Brown EP by John Torres

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Part of John's unofficial first EP
Released in 2003
Copyright John Torres 2003

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Stop the Stalling
©2003 John Torres Music
Written in 2001
Music and Lyrics by: John Torres

v1
Paralyzed by circumstance, who’s walking all alone?
One word from the surgeon and we’ll cut right to the bone.
Now these days are a maze of thought a reflection of the years.
But whose words are you speaking? Are those even your own tears?

br1
Never seen a flower. Never felt the rain.
We’re sleeping off the hours, in our average way.
Never sing the music. Never touch the sky.
We’re happy in remission. Leave us here to die.

v2
Now what time does the market close, and which way to catch the train?
And how fast can you make a wish? Whose turn to place the blame?
Now next week it’s your lucky break, you’re gonna teach him how to smile.
You’ll hold hands at the liquor store and he’ll practice self-denial.

br2
Stop the Stalling. Hold your ground.
Keep your head up turn around.

ch1
And I could never touch you, never speak your name,
And I’d still be standing outside in the cold, all alone in the pouring rain.
It’s a beautiful emotion, the way we run from the people we need.
But when the cage falls down you hear the sound.
That’s just the creature that we feed.

v3
A million things to remember, how many to forget?
Stopped short of self-pity, no I haven’t lost that yet.
The old words of philosophy keep on keeping me keeping on.
So think twice when they ask you if you still believe you’ve won.

br2
Stop the Stalling. Hold your ground.
Keep your head up turn around.

ch1
And I could never touch you, never speak your name,
And I’d still be standing outside in the cold, all alone in the pouring rain.
It’s a beautiful emotion, the way we run from the people we need.
But when the cage falls down you hear the sound.
That’s just the creature that we feed. (repeat)

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from The Brown EP, track released January 11, 2003

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