Lo Carmen - Jutta

Its not all about me Leonard
And its sure not about you
There's something greater you see
I know it in my bones
But I know you
And you won't let them listen to me
Go back to your family

Didn't I blow you away
Like a feather
Oh there you were
And here you are
Like an American GI
A real swell guy
And I sailed through sullen weather
Fifty dollars in my purse
November 1955
I crawled off a freighter
Barely alive
Oh and its a magic carpet ride
Its an order higher than science
That's why I will not play your song
Its not defiance

I'll never touch one again Leonard
Cos when you turn
You really turn
And I had nowhere to run or hide
Nowhere to go except a whole new ride
Into a future unseen
Oh I will work those machines
Maybe shutterbug by night
I'll paint the city lights
I'll be alright

Oh and there were dark red days
Like a good foreign girl I'd play
Silvery swing and high hot step
Squalor, splendor and unpaid rent
Its a magic carpet ride
Its an order higher than science
That's why I will never play that song
Its not defiance

I've only got myself to blame Leonard
I shied away from limelight
Shook it up with stage fright
And whisky
Let my friends
Find out in my obituary

Oh Len my future was so bright
Did it bother you at night
Go home and watch your color TV
You know its not for me
Its a magic carpet ride
Its an order higher than science
That's why I will never play that song

Written by:
Loene Carmen

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