The Prisoner
Dan Pallotta
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Billy drove into the city every day at six am Spent his whole life working on The dreams of other men Never took the chances that he always wanted to Lived his life through heroes And his heroes never knew He said, don't put me in a suit and tie When my time comes for me Don't put me in a box With all the dreams I never dreamed Put me in a t-shirt and my faded dungarees Turn me into fire into something Unpredictable and free Billy understood why he was angry all the time Everybody loved him 'Cause he never spoke his mind Got down on his knees said to his God deliver me Take away this other man that I pretend to be He said, don't put any words Inside of my mouth when I'm dead Don't put me in a box With everything I left unsaid Don't say anything You don't know what was in my head Turn me into fire, let the fire speak for me instead Billy met a man transcended All his hatred for himself Billy asked him how he did this Billy asked him how it felt Before he got his answer Something woke him from his sleep Man was just an apparition it was just a dream He said, don't play no haunted dirges In the church when I am gone Don't put me in a box With all of my unwritten songs Let me lay a while with my favorite records on Turn me into fire Something faithful to itself to gaze upon Half moon casts a brilliant light Upon the autumn leaves Searching through his failings Looking for his destiny Billy took the filter hose and went into the garage Pulled it through the window Started up the car Sat there with the taste of life and death Inside his mouth Turned the engine off and went back in the house He said, don't put me in a column In the paper when I'm gone Don't put me in a box Where I can never see the sun Bring me down the river, let me hear the river run Lay my ashes on the water Let it turn me and the river into one Don't put me in a suit and tie When my time comes for me Don't put me in a box With all the dreams I never dreamed Put me in a t-shirt and my faded dungarees Turn me into fire into something Unpredictable and free Billy drove into the city every day at six am
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