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I Was Blind

from California or Bust by the balboans

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An early Gery Hope song updated with an arrangement by the balboans

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I Was Blind

Intro

Verse One
We are angels without wings and we won’t fly til our soul sings
To the tune that makes the planets move
And we give sorrow and we get pain, we can’t take them back again
All that suffering what does it prove, what does it prove

Chorus One
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind

Verse Two
Death’s many faces you will see an old, old man and a child of three
Shake your head wonder why
We can grieve and we can mourn we can’t die until we’re born
And we always want another try, another try

Chorus Two
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind

Solo

Verse Three
Those thieving twins pleasure and pain, have got me in their game again
Shake their head and lead me on a crooked road
And as I dream that I’m awake, they come in and let us take
All the bits of me they claim they’re owed, they claim they’re owed.

Last Chorus
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind

credits

from California or Bust, released April 5, 2021
Loam Disher- lead vocals
Tate Overton- bass, background vocals
Mike Crehore- guitars, keys, background vocals
Jim Mussen- drums, percussion

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