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John McGee

from Unearthed by Uncle Sammy

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JOHN MCGEE

My name is John McGee,
and I live on the south side of town.
Across the wrong side of the tracks,
is were you'll find me hanging around.
It's a very long story, longer than most.
Listen up and I'll try and be a good host.
Don't believe what they say about stories.
Stickin' to it, I don't know how they do it.

Old ladies they give advice,
little tidbits, they don't think twice.
Goin' down to the store for coffee and smokes,
check out the corner, who's got the jokes?
Non-Euclidean geometry,
used to mean so much to me.
Fantastic photography, a world of mystery.

The cycles may be caused,
by what I don't know.
Producing the shadows.

Such experience may show,
by what I don't know.
By what I know.
By what I know.
By what I know.
By what I know.

Newton and his friends,
could hardly comprehend,
The best of what their reason,
could not ignore.

Beady little eyes,
make a good disguise.
Tracing lines back to the beginning. Cigarettes burning, down to the knuckles.

For now the story's over,
can't let the Village lay it's claim on me.
I sought security in country living,
the way to be.
Inventions, calculation,
guides my way through this investigation.
It's a new sensation,
my crusade against mathematic equations.

I can see through all these fools,
slack jaw trolls and needless rules.
My cities are full of space and air,
these fellas, they just don't care.
I depart from life unnoticed,
I just want to keep focused.
I don't know why I'm trying to save,
this living race dead in there graves.

The cycles may be caused,
by what I don't know.
Producing the shadows.

Such experience may show,
by what I don't know.
By what I know.
By what I know.
By what I know.
By what I know.

credits

from Unearthed, released December 23, 2020
Music by Beau Sasser
Lyrics by Brian O'Connell
Horn arranging by Mike Keneally

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Brian O'Connell Massachusetts

Widely known for his inventive and kinetic bass and touch guitar playing with Arukah, Uncle Sammy, Gordon Stone, Gary Backstrom, Dave Brunyak, and Dead Man's Waltz. O'Connell also has a strong compositional approach that is featured in his rock opera and original bands. His most recent solo project is a podcast-rock opera about the Salem Witch Trials called Witch Hunt. www.brianvoconnell.com ... more

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