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51%

HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE
HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE
IπM GONG FOR 51%
AND THATπS NO LIE
OUT HERE ON THE BORDERLINE
LOOKING FOR A BURNING SIGN
IπM GONNA LOOK IN ALL THE EMPTY PLACES
INSIDE MY MIND

LORD PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO LOVE
IπM DOWN ON MY KNEES
ITπS NOT SOMETHING IπM PROUD OF
HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE
HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE
IπM GOING FOR 51%
AND THATπS NO LIE

HALF OF ME WANTS TO SING MY SINGS
HALF OF ME WANTS TO HIDE
IF I DONπT GET 51%
ITπS GONNA HAVE TO BE A SUICIDE
HALF OF ME WANTS TO CURL
RIGHT UP INSIDE THIS GIRL
CRAWL INTO HER DARKENED SPACE
AND HIDE AWAY FROM THE WORLD

OH LORD GIVE ME LIFE
GIVE ME LIVING
WHEN I GET 51%
MY WHOLE LIFEíS GONNA BE THANKSGIVING
HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE
HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE
IπM GONG FOR 51%
AND THATπS NO LIE

UP AT DAWN AGAIN
LOOKING FOR MY FOUNTAIN PEN
IíM GONNA TRY TO WRITE DOWN THE DREAM I HAD
AND HOPE IπLL UNDERSTAND
ALL OF MY ANCIENT FEARS
RISE UP STIFF AROUND MY EARS
HOWLING LIKE THE WITCHIN WIND
I GOTTA MAKE EM ALL DISAPPEAR

OH LORD IS THIS LIFE OR ILLUSION
AINíT THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
TO HELP ME OUT OF MY CONFUSION
HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE
HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE
IπM GONG FOR 51%
AND THATπS NO LIE
IπM GONG FOR 51%
AND THATπS NO LIE

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from Mr. Paul McMahon, released July 9, 1990

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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