Oslo & Paris

from Thomas Kivi & The Immigrants (2013) by Thomas Kivi

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The best of the poor
Will go off to the war
To fight for the sword of the rich.
Fatigues uniforms
Prisons and dorms
it's only a difference of the stitch

I can't control where I'm headed to
I can't believe that I'm losing you
I can't go back to that life alone
I'd rather be here baby, at your throne

We labor in time
We fall into crime
We age with a bitter distaste
We gave to the cause
Took advantage of flaws
Let's not let this all just end in waste.

I can't control where my head is at
In Oslo, that is where I left my hat
I think I lost one there in Paris too
When it you and me, and me and you.

If I were free,
I know just where I'd be
I'd be over that wide ocean clear and blue
Just so you know
I love you so
I'm going only if you're going too.

I won't bury my head in the sand
I won't just give up on the promised land
If we make it here upon this Earth
Then at least we'll know what love is worth.

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from Thomas Kivi & The Immigrants (2013), track released January 1, 2013

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Singer-songwriter from the Upper Midwest whose reflective lyrics drift down a musical river of Americana--folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and rock'n'roll music.

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