Hearin' Reveille

from Born Into This by Brian Detweiler

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Door shut and windows closed
No vibrations on the phone
And I'm sittin' just waitin'
For I don't know

Can't build a reputation
On what you're plannin'
Turn thought to purpose, deed
And action

I'll climb my way up
From the bottom again
Cause I know the way
Like the back of my hand

I've never wanted something so bad

She's so damn pretty
Doe-eyed and rosy red
Catch a glimpse of her smile
I'm doin' somersaults inside my head
And I know! She ain't the one
She's only nineteen at best
She's never loved or hurt or been through hell
But who am I to say
Sometimes you just can't tell

I've never wanted something so bad
I've never wanted what I had
It's like a myth and a dream
It's like a scream
Hearin' reveille

I finally see now what all the fuss is about
Nobody's mincing words here
Ain't no room in this town for desperate
Down and out

Furthermore
My ego's been held up to the light
It's a lacking of a structure
There's a sting to the bite

But I'll get by

I've never wanted something so bad
I've never wanted what I had
It's a course-correcting brutal truth
This time I'll see it through

Hearin' reveille

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from Born Into This, track released November 20, 2011

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