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Truth Is The Talisman

from Truth Is The Talisman by Jimmy Lee Morris

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Truth is the talisman
Age is the key
There’s a worn out wisdom
Knowledge sets you free
Like Dylan’s rough and rowdy ways
You want it darker now
The Blackstar has a poetry
That only years allow
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
It’s not about technology
Or luxury of youth
The exciting or rebellious
The constant need for proof
It won’t come from the tower blocks
Or back streets of L.A
It’s altogether more mundane
The new is born of age
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
The baby faced pop pioneers
The beautiful young things
Who once lit up the post war world
Are coming to an end
There are no other precedents
Where trails have been blazed
The older voiced aesthetic
Of a legends final days
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
It’s hard to write a lyric
In a multi sensory world
To grab someones attention
Where everything’s been told
A multi media meltdown
The chattering of noise
There’s little interest nowadays
In elegance and poise
Wistfulness and wisdom
Lift the weary mask
The confessional and complex
Leave questions yet to ask
A melancholic beauty
Of hard living and regret
No sugaring the pill
There are scores to settle yet
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
Struggle for the high notes
Theres a limit to your range
Growling and socratic
Is the theme when you proclaim
You never were a prophet
But now you’ll make your stand
Growing old brings freedom
Truth is the talisman

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from Truth Is The Talisman, released January 18, 2021
Produced and Performed by Jimmy Lee Morris
Flute played by Clare Lees
Written by James Morris

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Jimmy Lee Morris Holsworthy, UK

An eclectic writer and singer of songs, Jimmy Lee Morris has been weaving songs into hearts of those happy to listen for 40 years. Songs have been sung from folk clubs to festivals, around the UK & Europe. Played in blues band Mojo Filter & rock 'n' roll band The Collaborators. In the 80’s was lead singer for synth band À La Tienne & at turn of millennium was half of the folk duo The Hat Band. ... more

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