You are (not) Free

from Rainy Saturday Morning by Matthew Sanborn

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The glimmering sun you've seen
All the places you have been
And all things you've been shown
Keep with you alone

Behind me stay - you must
In a haven for the dust
Where from my factories
All the rust is free

No one joins me for long
Nothing ever done is wrong
For all your trying it will never be just
And all that you're buying is fleeting as lust
Do the owls know or care of your campaign
Do the angels believe in your pain

With deeds all in a book
Where no one may ever look
What have books preserved
Anything each one deserved?

Of the bones and skulls you've found
Only I know their sound
You will be bones too
Who'll sing songs of you

No one joins me for long
Nothing ever done is wrong
Soon who will care about sides of a coin
Soon, the old bones it will be time to join
Has your hand left a mark, has your blood left a stain
Do the angels believe in your pain

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from Rainy Saturday Morning, released May 1, 1998

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Matthew Sanborn Madison, Wisconsin

Matthew Sanborn is a musician & songwriter in Madison, Wisconsin. Long before he ever knew he'd be a musician, his first love was music. After decades of off again-on again times, it has become a long term relationship.

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