Simpleton Galore

from Stockton Ave by Dave Barrett

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lyrics

Everything I glimpse and see
Was everything that I could be
But I hid it deep within myself
The biggest lie I told to me
Is we’re entitled to our dreams
But the price is steep in and of it’s self
I wanted to stop ya before you leave
But my lungs were cold and I couldn’t scream
Electroshock and therapy
Nothing would bring you back to me
I guess this was never meant to be
Just liquor stores and tabs for me

CHORUS
Cuz I’m the simpleton galore
Always wanting something more
Me and God are keeping the score

I remember when you broke with me
I went and buried that diamond ring
in a dresser drawer all by itself
I remember months of urgent pleas
To forget that past and forgive me
But all my calls went on a shelf
I buried myself then in a band
Had a string of one night stands
Trying to get back what I had lost
But everything it has a cost
I turned my life into a catacomb
I was better off all alone

Because I’m the Simpleton Galore
Always wanting something more
Me and God are keeping the score

Bridge
Of this I’m certain
My sins they tore the curtain
For the umpteenth I plead and pray
But God just rolls his eyes and decides to get liquored up again

If you told me how my life played out
I’d raise an eyebrow in earnest doubt
But then everything would make sense to me
Now that we are at the end
We’d all love to begin again
And fix the faults that hurt ourself
Gray hair and defining lines
They all come from those better times
Of when we bragged about ourself
But no one listened no one helped
And of all the big hypocrisies
The one that really bothers me is that


Cuz I’m the Simpleton Galore
Always wanting something more
Me and God are keeping the score
Maybe someday our skin will touch again

Cuz I'm the Simpleton Galore
Always wanting something more
Me and God, are keeping the score

credits

from Stockton Ave, released January 1, 2023
Dave Barrett – Guitar & Vocals
Paul Stebter – Electric Guitars
Tad Santos – Bass
Chris Starke – Drums
Justin LeBreck - Keyboards
Tony Johns - Mandolin

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Dave Barrett Palatine, Illinois

Dave Barrett has been a singer songwriter in the Chicago area for the past 25 years. His previous releases where Kittybone in 1995 and Fate and Stitches in 2002.

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