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going through the motions

from Skin with Skin by Paul Clingman

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lyrics

gentlemen are shaking hands
who were enemies only hours ago
think nothing's left to prove
how fiercely they were once at war

sailors without ships
they are building ships not meant for sailors
nobody knows somebody knows
nobody knows what it's really for

I need room to move I need room to move
I need room to move I need room
give me room give me time
give me time give me room
give me time

silence in the corridors
where numbers speak and nobody counts
keyboards know the value
of what is bought and what is sold

information standardised
documents describing life
those who think of gold
are never satisfied with gold

I need room to move I need room to move
I need room to move I need room
give me room give me time
give me time give me room
give me time

overloaded undermined
going through the motions
overloaded undermined
why would anybody want to live like this
overloaded undermined
going through the motions
going through the motions alive

fingers introduce themselves
strangers look on greedily
anxious for the moment
for the moment they believe

names avoiding names
in places nobody remembers
bodies nightly favour night
the way that history favours thieves

I need room to move I need room to move
I need room to move I need room
give me room give me time
give me time give me room
give me time

overloaded undermined
going through the motions
overloaded undermined
why would anybody want to live like this
overloaded undermined
going through the motions
going through the motions alive

overloaded undermined
going through the motions
overloaded undermined

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from Skin with Skin, released July 20, 2013

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Paul Clingman South Africa

I am Paul Clingman, singer-songwriter, artist and author based in South Africa. I was a pioneer in the development of African crossover music. My songs spring from the life of South Africa but echo at the wider horizon.

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