Free to Go Lyrics

Slipped through the school gates for the very last time

Asked to wait, I wondered if I'd ruined my life

Neckless grating with a spate of rueful, useless lines

Grabbed the scrap of paper, fled to Anne's to shoot the trees and life

It was my own damn fault, The Green Lady, she baffled me

Took me by the hand and fed my head the most ridiculous dreams

Blank pages bearing no end in sight that I could see

Dhulaigh to Sankt Ingbert. Experiment. Both sheep and scientist

Free to go where I couldn't know

Free to go where I couldn't know

Rushed to Northumberland in Thomas and Guys

Where the sweet nurses joked offering morphine smiles

Drawing Scrabble amidst exploratory Lazarides

Drifting in and out of consciousness, but up for dinnertime

It was my own damn fault, The White Lady, she spoke to me

As I would womble round the pubs and scenes of Auckland City streets

Swanny swimming, rolling half the smoke he'd sold to me

I'd drift upon aroma like the bizto kid on heroin

Free to go where I couldn't know

Free to go where I couldn't know

Wet day in Amsterdam, taking stock of my life

Within the carnal collage, trip alone with a pint

Bygone days of me, my mind, my pride and piety

From the depths of Jungle Terra to the ancient spirits of Siem Reap

It was my own damn fault, The Blue Lady, she welcomed me

As sun burnt Bondi baby to Clissold Park's most high society

Crazy faces telling tales of lives I can't reside

Echoes whispering wisdom at the crossroad corners life provides

Get up, she said, it's not over

Get up, she said, there's more to do

It's not a game of saint or soldier

Get up, she said. Get down. Get through

Get through