The Traveller

from We're All Doing Time by Josh Winfield & The Black Dogs

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There was a traveller I knew
He said to me, "boy you look blue"
And with that we parted ways
He drifted off into the haze
Didn't once look back
He carried on down through the mist
Out to the ocean's edge, a cliff
Where everything is made of colours
And the people are all followers of what they see
Creators of things that be
Paradise comes only twice
You thought you had it nice
But you've never been alive
You ain't never seen the sun rise
You're an infant in disguise
You're a teller of lost lies
And when you find the traveller
He would prefer to say nothing at all
But he would look you in the eyes
And say son don't you realise you gotta

Live for living, die for death
Live for living, just don't hold your breath

And when the traveller is through with you
He'll walk us to the moon
We'll be dancing all the way
We'll be children for the day
Skipping with the stars
He'll lead us on through galaxies
Under the oceans passed the trees
Where everything is made of colours
And then maybe we'll find others
Who would like to be
People who are already
Happy with reality
I thought we'd never see
That somehow we can be alive
Oh yeah we can watch the sun rise
We'll get ride of our disguise
And we'll destroy all the lies
And when we say goodbye we'll go get high
We'll dance and sing in the moonlight
We'll remember what
The traveller would say tonight

Live for living, die for death
Live for living, just don't hold your breath

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from We're All Doing Time, released May 26, 2013

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