you gotta be your own man
you gotta act your own fool
navigate your own wasteland
and break you own rules,
you gotta claim your own failures
and feed your own lies
you gotta be your own man
you gotta love your own life
you gotta draw your own lines
you gotta hold your own weight
when you’re in over your head
defend your own name
you gotta do your own repairs
when you’re loosing the light
you gotta be your own man
you gotta win your own fight
when trouble comes for you
then you can claim it
step into the quicksand
better name it
when everybody else goes down
like everybody else
call it whatever you want
you either pass or you fail
you gotta find your own love
you gotta open your heart
when she blows right through you,
don’t give in to the dark
you gotta be your own lighthouse
or reach out for a friend
maybe they’ll stand next to you
probably not
never get what you give
oh when trouble comes for you
then you can claim it
step into the quicksand boy
better name it
when everybody else goes down
like everybody else
call it whatever you want
you pass or you fail
you gotta live with your own sin
gotta call it by name
you choose the road that you’ll die on
when time slips away
you can’t live up to your own rule
so what will you say
did you be your own man
you go your own way
yeah when trouble came for you
did you claim it
you stepped into that quicksand boy
did you name it
everybody else goes down
like everybody else
call it whatever you want
you pass or you fail
you pass or you fail
credits
from Born in the Wild,
released August 15, 2017
Charlie Shaw: vocals, guiar
Caleb Dare: keys
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