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Break Away

from A Long Way To Freedom by Ian McFeron

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lyrics

I met a woman on Broadway street
Her clothes were worn and ragged she had no shoes on her feet
Withered skin hugged tightly to weary bones
Blue eyes drenched in sadness she had always been alone
Tangled hair gone gray framed tired sagging cheeks
She had calloused workers hands a mouth of broken teeth
A life of pain and anguish tried hard to break her down
But she didn’t cry and she never frowned

And she sang, “ashes to ashes and dust turns to dust
The mountains will crumble as this steel turns to rust
My body will wither but my soul will remain
Cause there’s something on the other side of this pain
And it’s breaking me away”

All these faces swirl like a wind whirl working sweat into tired hands
But trouble’s churning at the heart like an ocean churning sand
Still I think that I can reach out just a little bit beyond but I
Can’t escape this somber chill it’s been haunting me for so long

Eyes of fire and heart of stone
Are making me feel so alone
Concrete flesh and petroleum blood
Have left me there without your love
So put my mind inside a can
A factory of ignorance eating at the heart of man
But can’t you feel that something’s wrong
Cause I feel her on the inside she’s still singing that same song and she sings

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from A Long Way To Freedom, released March 5, 2005

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Ian McFeron Seattle, Washington

Ian McFeron’s writing has been compared to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Ryan Adams. Over the course of a decade-long independent music career, he has attracted media attention stretching across the Atlantic. He currently tours in support of his 7th album Time Will Take You, recorded in Nashville with members of Ryan Adams band The Cardinals as well as Patty Griffin and John Hiatt’s touring bands. ... more

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