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lyrics

Signs (Wake)

I took it as a sign that I better move on
but maybe it was just another storm
Now I’m livin’ in a trailer in Kalamazoo
And I aint goin’ back no more
There was thunder and lightin’ and the sky turned black
but then the storm blew over
Now I miss my woman and my two little girls
But there’s no goin’ back no more

I took it as sign that I better change my ways
But I’ve heard since it happens all the time
So I quit my job - I started goin’ to church
Now I aint got as much a dime
There was a ring around the moon and the air was still
and the dogs all started to bark
Now my soul’s been saved but I feelin’ so hungry
Cause I don’t got as much as a dime

I been seein’ signs since I was young and hearin’ voices too
It’s not for me to judge them when they tell me what to do

I took it as a sign that the world would end
But it was only the Fourth of July
I don’t know what got into me
But I was sure that I would die
The air was cracklin’ and streaked with red
fire lit the night
So I hid myself in fallout shelter
And I lived on crackers and wine

I took it as a sign of things to come
But maybe it was all in my head
So I borrowed some money and I got me a gun
And kept it with me when I went to bed
I started dreaming in black and white
everybody's speaking in tongues
Now I’ll rot in prison for the rest of my life
Cause I shot my little lady dead.

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from Whatever it is I'm against it, released October 14, 2012
by Jim Wake

Jim Wake – vocal, rhythm guitar
Ruud Fransen – bass, back-up vocal
Egbert Kemner – guitar, back-up vocal
Eelco Flapper - drums
Arnoud van Buuren – accordion, back-up vocal

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Jim Wake and Sleepwalker, like the musical traditions in blues, rock ’n’ roll, and rhythm blues from which the band draws inspiration, is an experience defying easy description. It is music that swings, drives, bumps and grinds, moans and groans, screams and shouts, and then steps back and turns introspective, plaintive, or nostalgic. ... more

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