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If I could learn to be a good boy
If I could only get along
Desensitize myself to injustice
Take my pay and just go home

I swear to God I really want to
But I get stuck on right and wrong
Just want a sleep that's not so haunted
So I can try one day to wake
To a better day
Better day

How many damsels turn to old maids
Wondering what I should have done
I replay the conversations
And always finish feeling dumb

How can they smugly sound so certain
About things they could have never done
I'd like to show the man behind the curtain
But such a victory will have to wait
Til a better day
Better day

I forgot I should feel grateful
For the chance to shovel dirt
And I tangle with the faithful
Confrontations cloud my words

I always puff myself so righteous
For fights that never prove their worth
I'd like to carve myself a corner
Where I could hide myself away
'Til a better day
Better day

If I could learn to be a good boy
If I could only get along

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from Love Songs of Outlaws, released January 24, 2023
John Allen James: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drum programming

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John Allen James Tampa, Florida

Journalist of star treks, reporter of love songs, and writer of daydreams. I rip myself open, write the devils down, stand in front of strangers and set my soul to sound.

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