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My shot at Neil's "Don't Be Denied," but written with naievete of an 18 year-old and under the deep influence of hip-hop.

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I see all my friends now
But for a few they're all just gutter dolls
Eaten alive by teenage wasteland
It's been awhile since we have called
But I could have never been like them
I always had a warm fire burning back home
And no matter what I told myself
I could never be alone

All I have is a beer, Red Hook ESB
And wild, innocent songs sung by Springsteen
Rememberin' when the poet said, "don't be denied"
Why go home? 'Cause that's where I can see my life

Picked up a guitar one day
It never hooked me I just never put it down
But I never told anyone
About the songs I played when they weren't around
Six strings never wooed the ladies for me
It just gave me something to do
I always wish that I had a girl
That I could sing songs to

I know I'm just a boy, but the life of the working man I've seen
Ever since the age of 12 I've been in the fields or on the sea
Between poverty and prosperity I know which one I'd choose
It's better working all week than living on the street with nothing but your blues

Righteous sinner standing on a hill, what right does he have to judge
See the sky about to rain, see all the songs that sound the same
Out on the beach I had to steal all the words
But it's okay man 'cause you'd never listen even if you heard

Now I'm gonna make some money playing guitar
'Cause I'm in a damn find rock and roll band
The drummer loves to rock, the bass player loves to roll
And the singer believes in the soul
Me I'm just playing some chords
I'm just trying to write a song
Big rock and roll ones that'll make you smile
When you turn your radio on

They burned down Woodstock, set fire to the hippie dream
There's something playing on the airwaves that loathsome, on'ry and mean
No passion out there and no reason to save
I'm the rock and roll god and apocalypse is today

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from I'm Dressed Like a Bullfighter on the Inside, released May 14, 2007
Jared Nelson - vocals/electric guitars
Chris Borgia - bass
Dave Webb - drums

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