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Firing Squad

from Bullies In The Backyard by Matt North

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Maybe I’ll write that song about drinking and smoking them drugs
Maybe I’ll write about my old flame or no female thugs
All of the other songwriters all got there first
Maybe what I’m keeping from you is a little bit worse

Maybe I thought I was Jesus when I heard a voice from God
Maybe I talk to myself in public even though I look odd
You can visit me anytime in the fifth floor of my mind
Give me a blindfold, a cigarette, and take me to the firing squad

Maybe they locked me up in a room with no windows
Maybe that white-padded wall felt good when it’s hitting my nose
Could have been a dream – it was a long, long time ago
Maybe it was or it wasn’t, if it was, well you’ll never know

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Maybe I’m a prime candidate for electro-shock therapy
Maybe that judge couldn’t tell when I committed perjury
All those other ones, I never could make them see
You better put on your kid gloves if you’re getting close to me

Maybe I thought I was Jesus when I heard a voice from God
Maybe I talk to myself in public even though I look odd
Maybe they put me in isolation, over a silly little altercation
Maybe I was self-medicating, or maybe I was really levitating
Well, you can visit me anytime in the fifth floor of my mind – Cmaj7

Give me a blindfold, a cigarette, and take me to the firing squad
Give me a blindfold, a cigarette, and take me to the firing squad
Maybe I did or I didn’t, if I did, well you’ll never know
You better put on your kid gloves if you’re getting close to me

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from Bullies In The Backyard, released February 11, 2022
Matt North - vocals, drums
Stuart Mathis - guitars
Chris Donohue - bass
Michael Webb - wurlitzer
Jonny Polonsky - backups
The Nashville Horns

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Matt North Nashville, Tennessee

“I started writing songs in my 30's and started finishing them in my 40's.” – Matt North

Raised on equal doses of Hee-Haw and Soul Train in Champaign, IL, North began as a neighborhood drummer jamming to Devo and Kiss albums in his garage. His father’s family were Scotch-Irish coal miners in Harlan County, KY. At 15, he worked at Farm Aid I picking up trash. He blames that day for pursuing music. ... more

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