Lyrics The John Butler Trio

The John Butler Trio

One Way Road

They come, they take

It's never enough because they can't relate

To the real world,

thinking that the oyster is just for the pearl

They start those wars

They want to own the land sea and all the stars

And right those wrongs

They change their history with their poison forked tongues

All right, whos they?

A maybe it's the government of today

Or B for the big business man who thinks the whole world revolves around him

Or C for the corrupt official for A and B he be the man in the middle

Or D for discoverer for Cook and Columbus and the pirate plunderers

Doesn't mean I ain't gonna fight now

Just because I don't got a gun

The lyrical is heavier than lead and

This guitar is my canon

Just like my Martin and Mahatma

I'm gonna love I'm gonna over come

Maybe it's E for all of the above

But I don't want to be

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going on a one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up

These men, who they say we should follow

But we can't follow men if their hearts are hollow and

Mmmm yes how can we respect puppet regimes that we do not elect?

Straight up straight up staight up like Pinocchio

And every time they lie man the fire just grows so

Nows time to be part of the solution

Raise your fist if you believe in revolution

Doesn't mean I ain't gonna fight now

Just because I don't got a gun

The lyrical is heavier than lead and

This guitar is my canon

Just like my Martin and Mahatma

I'm gonna love I'm gonna over come

Maybe it's E for all of the above

But I don't want to be

Livin' in a pantomime

Livin' in the fantasy

I don't wanna be don't wanna be

I don't wanna be don't wanna be no

Livin' in a pantomime

Livin' in the fantasy

I don't wanna be don't wanna be

I don't wanna be don't wanna be no

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up

Wrong way going down the one way road

Wrong way going on a one way road

Wrong way going down the one way road

Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up