John Wesley Harding
the speed of normal
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I've lived my life backwards
Or heaven knows I've tried
Hope I find my perfection before I die
Maybe once we were fantastic
Maybe once we were divine
Now we're flailing in the wake
Of progress passing by
At the speed of normal
Ever since you were the baby
You've been trying to grow up
But that's nothing that a therapist can cure
There's an unconfirmed report
Or could it be a cruel hoax
That death is just the punchline
To a tall tale told
At the speed of normal
So for everyone who's anyone
And you know who you are
Hope you don't drop behind in the hundred yards war
The winners and the losers
Overtaken in the end
By their very shadows
Taking the last bend
At the speed of normal
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- The Name Above the Title
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- Awake (The New Edition)
- It Happened One Night & It Never Happened At All
- The Sound of His Own Voice
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- Yep Roc 2012 Spring Sampler
- High Fidelity
- God Made Me Do It- The Christmas EP
- Uncut 2003.04: Born to Run
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- The Confessions of St. Ace
- Trad Arr Jones (new edition)
- Here Comes the Groom
- It Happened One Night
- Just Say Yes, Volume IV: Just Say Da
- Live at the World Café, Volume 3
- One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen