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I'm blind

from Adult Child by Paul McMahon

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I'M BLIND

SOMEONE'S IN THE OTHER ROOM TELLING THE STORY OF MY LIFE
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT SHE WAS SAYING
THEY LAID ME OUT ON A TABLE AND TOOK APART MY MIND WITH A KNIFE
BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY WERE DOING
I'M BLIND
I'M BLIND
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE
I'M BLIND

BLIND MAN CAN'T SEE THE WORLD AROUND BUT HE CAN HEAR AND SMELL AND SEE
I CAN'T SEE
BLIND MAN CAN'T SEE THE WORLD AROUND BUT HE CAN HEAR AND SMELL AND SEE
I CAN'T SEE
I CAN SEE THE WORLD OUTSIDE OK BUT I CAN'T SEE THE WORLD INSIDE OF ME
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL FROM DAY TO DAY
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW
CAUSE I'M BLIND, BLIND, BLIND

I'VE GOT FEELINGS THAT TURN ME INSIDE OUTBUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
I'VE GOT FEELINGS THAT TURN ME INSIDE OUTBUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
MY BELLY IS ON FIRE BUT MY HEART IS DEAD AS ICE
MY BELLY IS SO ANGRY AND I GUESS
I'M SO RIPPED UP AND TORN UP INSIDE
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY
AND I'LL NEVER KNOW WHY

MAYBE I CAN LEARN TO SAY WHAT I FEEL INSIDE
MAYBE THEN I WON'T HAVE TO BE, HAVE TO BE SO BLIND
BUT THAT DAY HASN'T COME AND I SIT IN DARKNESS AND I
I DON'T WANT TO THROW THINGS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE MEAN
AND I DON;T WANT TO SCARE YOU BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT I...
CAN AVOID THIS PAIN, ALL THIS PAIN, AVOID THIS PAIN, ALL THIS PAIN
I JUST WANT TO AVOID THIS PAIN

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from Adult Child, released April 1, 1989

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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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