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Take Us To Your Leader
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The first part which is instrumental, was inspired by my old guitar teacher, Pat Dietz, who recently died when an out of control car hit him while he was walking around. It was a riff that he showed me as a sort of exercise which he called "Fancy Fruit." That part of this song is a tribute to him. The second part's lyrics were written after I had read "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis, which is a great book about living in a small town and having the feeling that everyone is watching you or noting what you're up to, while they don't seem to have any interest in changing up things. The last part was basically a late 60's styles psychedelic freak out, which I'm not sure how that came about, but it does seem to sound pretty cool
Released: 03-Dec-2024
Category: Rock
Application: Studio One
File type: mp3
File size: 2.9 Mb
Plays: 6
Downloads: 0
Weekly plays: 6
Weekly downloads: 0
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Lyrics
The town virus has you
Out here, they know everybody
Get some comfort from that
But you have no privacy
Ambition can fade away
You'd want to change things today

Take us to your leader
But you know he's never gonna hear you
Take us to your leader
Don't you know he's gonna show the door to you

We were gonna put up nicer buildings
Everyone shut it down
Stories came around
And an innocent was driven from town
On our inventions alone
They think they're the greatest race in the world

Take us to your leader
But you know  he's never gonna see you
Take us to your leader
Don't you know he's gonna show the door to you

Some are too sensitive
Protected by religion and they fog themselves
Or gossip-rage at individuals
To successfully conquer the town
Is not to conquer it at all
But are you willing to sell out or compromise

Take us to your leader
Don't you know he's gonna give you the slip
Take us to your leader
But you know he's gonna have the pages rip
Take us to your leader
Don't you know he's never gonna hear you
Take us to your leader
Don't you know he's gonna...........
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artist
Mark what leader .. you are the leader of yourself 
Religiously I would say Jesus 🙏🏻
Splendid music and vocals 
20 days ago
What a nice song with a very unique character of the harmony.
20 days ago
artist
Love that chordal beginning! What a treat! Nice transition!
19 days ago
artist
@yoslounge
The leader in the song is supposed to be the one who runs the town's affairs.  The mayor or maybe a city council person. 
The song is about a small town so...
19 days ago
artist
@Venturesome 
A very creative track!
I've lived in a few small towns over the years. I get this!
That third part trail-out is freakin' WILD...
:-)
Latest song: This Desert Place
19 days ago
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