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Take Me to Your Leader

from The Savage Dust by Clockwork Ruins

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Words by Jason Michael Freeman; music by Jason Michael Freeman, Alan Doorneweerd and Matt Lapperre.

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Isn’t it strange when you’re home on the range
But it seems like you’re miles away?
Before I was born I was happy and warm
But then was thrown into the fray

And then it occurred to me that
People are not what they seem to be
Life killed my dreams of a future grand
And it occurred to me
That I’m a stranger in a strange land

I’ll never again have a moment of Zen
The idiocy’s just too loud
All these carbon emissions
And fake politicians
It’s hard to stand out from the crowd

And then it occurred to me that
We as people can never really be free
So I said, “Fuck it” and I joined a band
And it occurred to me
That I’m a stranger in a strange land

And then it occurred to me that
People are not what they seem to be
This world stabs my jugular gland
And as I die
I die a …

©2016 Naked Manatee Records

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from The Savage Dust, released May 14, 2020
Features Alan Doorneweerd on bass guitar.

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Clockwork Ruins Tinley Park, Illinois

Clockwork Ruins is a rock band from Tinley Park, IL headed by multi-instrumentalist Jason Michael Freeman. Blending catchy songs with humorous videos, Clockwork Ruins are practitioners of what Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page called the "light and the shade" - music that runs the gamut from lighthearted, upbeat acoustic songs to dark and brooding hard rockers. ... more

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