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Because of You

from Sayonara by Wheatley Matthews

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You'll hide behind your smile, your bullets and your guns
No one will find out what exactly that's been done
You'll do the best you can to pin me as a threat
But I got nothing left to give away

I saddled up my mind to prepare you for the worst
I took off on my steed unknowing of my curse
You think that I'm a lie and the things I said aren't true
But I got nothing left that I can say

I'm a guilty man by trial but ain't done too much that's wrong
Tryin' to get on by through and through
You're mind was all made up before you cuffed and stuffed
And they threw away my life because of you

I tried to understand every law that I did break
As you rolled up all my time I don't know what to make
Of the things I've been accused, the things you won't let go
So I turned around and held my breath for you

There ain't much left to think as you apprehend my brain
I try to hide my eyes and my face that's full of shame
From a crime that's so unjust, it's the law that you will ride
As you tell me that there's nothing I can do

I'm a guilty man by trial but ain't done too much that's wrong
Tryin' to get on by through and through
You're mind was all made up before you cuffed and stuffed
And they threw away my life because of you

There's a portrait of the law that everyone's seeing well
Yes everyone looks to see it just the same
With a smile that seems so fake and it's eyes that look to take
Like the others my life was just a game

There's a side to every man that see's it just like me
While everyone who fought just seems to fall
There's a tale that's so corrupt about a man that got shot up
By the men who call themselves the law

I'm a guilty man by trial but ain't done too much that's wrong
Tryin' to get on by through and through
You're mind was all made up before you cuffed and stuffed
And they threw away my life because of you

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from Sayonara, released June 15, 2015

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