going to a town

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Michael Roesmann This is a how cover versions should be done. Best version I've heard so far, and I've heard some. The singer is not quite as good as Rufus - but then, who is? Favorite track: going to a town.

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lyrics

I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
I'm gonna see some folks who have already been put down
I'm so tired of America

I'm gonna make it up for all of The Sunday Times
I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes
That never really seem to want to tell the truth
I'm so tired of you, America

Making my own way home, ain't gonna leave alone
I've got a life to lead, America
I've got a life to lead

Tell me, do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
Tell me, enough of thinking everything that you've done is good
I really need to know, after soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood
Are you tired of America?

I really need to know
I may just never see you again, or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a place that has already been erased
I'm so tired of you, America

Making my own way home (I'll find my own way home)
Ain't gonna be alone (leave me alone)
I've got a life to lead (I know that I can lead)
America

I've got a life to lead
I got a soul to feed
I got a dream to heed
And that's all I need

Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I’ve got a life to lead
America

I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
I'm gonna see some folks who have already been put down
I'm so tired of America

credits

released October 30, 2020
song by Rufus Wainwright, originally appearing on Release the Stars (2007)

produced and arranged by Corley/Degan/Koppelman
recorded at home by Clinton Degan, Cullen Corley, and Morgan Browne, October 2020
mastered by Jon Taft

Cullen Corley - drums
Clint Degan - vocal, piano, guitars, bass guitar, synth
Lauren Koppelman - vocal

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