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about

At the time, I didn't realize how much I'd stolen from "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by the Clash. However, I took the riff in a different direction, and I was happy with the neo-soul vocals and rhythm section. For me, the lyrics have stood the test of time and were politically prophetic, if theologically questionable.

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Seven Long Years
(written by Johnny J Blair Copyright 1984 Singnorbertmusic, Inc. BMI)

I think there's something you should know
About your friends where did they go
Without a trace without a sign
All they had was left behind
You wanna know
Down in your soul
Faster you're going on to the unknown
It ain't no joke
When you can't vote for another
Seven long years of a sugar-coated usher
Smiling in a big new age

You heard the facts there once before
About the religious whore
She used to get out of the way
And now she finally got her day
Now just hold on
There's something wrong
When you can only sing a national song
You didn't care
Till there's no prayer
For another
Seven long years of a religious lover
Bluffing you into a new age

You think you'll take another look
Into the forbidden Book
The cleanest one under your bed
Before that mark gets on your head
And now you're broken
There's not a token
That can redeem the word already spoken
It took the plagues and the wars to make you see that it's
Seven long years of a wide-eyed assumption
Spawning off a killer new age
Seven long years till the final crown is worn by the One who was supposed to
Wear it in the first place
Seven long years which you probably can't stand but your heart can start over

credits

from DOOR IN THE WATER 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition, released April 23, 1985
Johnny J Blair: bass, guitars, vocals.
Billy Reynolds: drums.

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