Broken Bicycle

from A Better Place Than Here by Elly May

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It’s been so long since I’ve seen the light
Stolen from me when I was five
Atlas gone led me astray
Shrugged it off and ill be okay

Life gave me a part and I played the fool
Lost many a friend trying to help me through
Found myself in the bottle with no training wheels
Thought myself a king too damn proud to kneel

Oh, I’m the boy with the broken bicycle
Oh, it’s raining out and I ain’t got no place to go

Shattered dreams gone split my life in two
Can’t play guitar or sing the blues
She made me think I could be free
But stoked the fires of my misery

You know the city lights don’t seem too bright
Flat on your back another blurry night
I heard that were all drawn to flames
I’m afraid this beast just can’t be tamed.

Oh, I’m the boy with the broken bicycle
Oh, it’s raining out and I ain’t got no place to go

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from A Better Place Than Here, released September 21, 2013

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