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The Firing Line

from Escaping The Madhouse by Stan Simon

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THE FIRING LINE

If you have to guess
and worry about success
Fortune is rolling the dice
What happens will be right.

If you love it you must try
Don’t stop until you die.
For you’re a man with nothing to lose
A man within a muse.

Pick your next card
There is luck for the scarred
But don’t be terrified
by the odds that you’ll face
you’ll have the adventure of the age.

It could mean desertion
It would mean isolation
Your dreams are the truest prize
You’ll laugh straight in their eyes.

And if you have the chance
to feel life through this glance.
You’ll ride it straight to the top
While the heavens begin to drop.

You catch your breath
And stare straight through death
And they will fire away
all their words of verbal waste
You’ll win, no matter what they say.

Go and don’t look back
Or else they’ll smell you on your track.
And you’d be haunted by
the very dreams you once chased
the world would seem a scary place.

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from Escaping The Madhouse, released July 22, 2013
Stan Simon - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Drums
Matt Roberts - Upright Bass

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Stan Simon Toronto, Ontario

Stan Simon began writing songs at an early age in Toronto, with poignant melodies on a broken guitar from his father. He delivers earnest lyrics, sung with vocal prowess, sharp harmonica and a rustic acoustic sound that resonates through your body. His upcoming album, “Songs from Strange Places” contains classic storytelling and songwriting reminiscent of the great poets and balladeers before him. ... more

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