The Telltales
 

I Won’t Be There (Terror Australis)

You closed your doors,
you closed your heart
You locked your kindness deep inside
You horde your wealth, pollute yourself
And cause your people to divide

But night falls now on the USA
And your sunset’s not far away

I won’t be there when you want me around
I won’t be there when you hit the ground
I won’t be there when you’re falling down

I won’t be there when you want me around
I won’t be there when you hit the ground
I won’t be there when you’re falling
When you fall, when you’re falling down

The world around it falls apart
Your head stays firmly in the sand
The smarter ones they all depart
’Cause you were deaf to their demands

But night falls now on the USA
And your sunset’s not far away


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Music and lyrics: Toby Roberts. Instrumentation: The Telltales. Recording: Steve Shipley, Lemon Studios, 2004. Produced by The Telltales and Steve Shipley. Mastering: William Bowden. All recordings ©2004 Will Belford, Peter Gifford, Mark Roberts, Toby Roberts (The Telltales). All compositions (lyrics & music) ©2000-2004 Toby Roberts. Painting: from Pieter Brueghel’s Haymaking and Tower of Babel, reproduced courtesy of the State Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales.