I’ve been trying to fly
like a bird oh higher and higher
on the wind it’s less restricted
and I’d rather be winged and feathered than bound and tethered
With my feet back on the ground
I can feel my way to walk around
cause my wheels have been grinding and wheezing with nothing to seize on
I could keep moving forward if I could find something to grab a hold of
I’ve been just a little too long in the saddle to be tamed
but your sweet love has set me free
to be the man that I want to be
a good woman ain’t gonna take nothing away
you’re gonna make a better me
July days and December rain
don’t feel like they used to
never thought it could be real, what you would get me through
what it means to believe in somebody
oh there’s power in one but love only comes by two
and I’ve been just a little too long in the saddle to be tamed
but your sweet love has set me free
to be the man that I want to be
a good woman ain’t gonna take nothing away
you’re gonna make a better me
You ain’t an anchor, you’re gas in my tank girl
the extra weight don’t slow me down, you give me strength now
with my body up against you the friction sparks my interest
lights a fire inside to do what I need to
oh I’ve been just a little too long in the saddle to be tamed
and I know that you never ever wanted it, wanted it that way
but your sweet love has set me free
to be the man that I want to be
a good woman ain’t gonna take nothing away
you’re gonna make a better me
One senses the late Marlene Marder (of Kleenex/Liliput) would approve of the sharp, imaginative punk tunes from this Baltimore group. Bandcamp New & Notable May 25, 2016
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