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Too Far to Give Out

from Life Blood & Tears by John Hewitt

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Too Far to Give Out

She had a library in her car
She was impressed by the commotion
From Prime Ministers to Tzars
She was going through the motions
From T.S Eliot to Rimbaud
She was destined for the wasteland
Like some toxic puppet show
Where the master gives you the backhand

So she left him at the alter
She put her honey on a shelf
Said sometimes you gotta stand for something
I’ve come too far to give out

Washing machines and pipe dreams
Clean the dirt from the back of my mind
But the lonesome stench of all I’ve lost
Will always linger close behind
The electric force of the highway
As tumble weeds fly past the door
I’ve got gold and I’ve got diamonds
But they don’t buy much anymore

So she left him at the alter
She put her honey on a shelf
Said sometimes you gotta stand for something
I’ve come too far to give out

She was allergic to wool
So counting sheep was not an option
So I bought her an alpaca
Cause I knew she hadn’t got one
Now I’m singing out here just for you
As my voice echoes through the mountains
Singing songs is just my lifeblood
That drains out of the good Lord’s fountain

So I left her at the alter
I put my honey on a shelf
Sometimes you gotta stand for something
I’ve come to far to give out

-John Hewitt-

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from Life Blood & Tears, released December 1, 2022

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John Hewitt Edmonton, Alberta

John Hewitt was born in Northern Ontario. From an early age he took inspirations from the arts to create a bond between expression and emotion. From the Beat Generation to the Beatles, Quentin Tarantino to John Steinbeck all of the images in John's songs have some relation to the giants before him. ... more

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