Twenty-four Colours of Bromford - Part 14

"American Dream In Bromford"

Wouldn’t believe it if you told me back then

How far I’ve gotten since I landed in Bromford

I had nothing – I had nothing to lose

I was a rebel without a clue

Just a kid - looking for the truth

I did everything the city told me to do

Feeling the world as it is

Living till it hurts

Rings around my eyes

Smile and sigh

Maybe too much

But not those nights

I could feel it rather ready or not

Some kind of drug that was drumming in my gut

And I would play it till I barely even moved

Could move – Could move – Could move

Living was cheap hell it was almost fucking free

I never thought that I could find a place where I could just be me

And now it - all sounds nostalgic but somehow it still sounds true

Like the world never was

Living till it hurts

Rings around my eyes

Smile and sigh

Feeling that

I’m still on that ride

It’s alright

You’re growing past this

Can’t go back

You haven’t been since

Freedom’s taste

Still upon your tongue

For now

I got an idea growing in my mind

I got a picture taking in my mind

I got a word growing in my mind

I got an image filling up my mind

I got a market growing in my mind

I got a god growing in my mind

I got stocks growing in my mind

I got news rolling in my mind

I got lies festering in my mind

I got roads running through my mind

I got love fucking in my mind

I got books I’m writing in my mind

I got a gun that’s shooting in my mind

I got peace growing in my mind

I got death living in my mind

I got youth staying in my mind

I got YOU