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Back To The Middle

from After All This Time by John Elliott

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lyrics

i'm going back to the middle, that's where i wanna be
i'm going back to middle if i have to leave
where whatever they tell you is whatever they mean
i'm going back to the middle, that's where i wanna be

in the finest of cities they're all walking so proud
they're all standing in lines, they're all talking too loud
well you get what you pay for 'till you gotta get out
i'm going back to the middle where i won't have to shout

when i came here i had nothing
it'll take the rest of me
after all of these times and all of my crimes
i'll be free
i'll be free
i'll be free

now i don't know what's coming and i won't say what was
if they ask me or wonder i will say just because
it gets cold by the desert, it gets cold by the sea
i'm going back to the middle, that's where i wanna be

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from After All This Time, released January 27, 2023

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John Elliott San Francisco, California

“John Elliott is the Andy Kaufman of folk music.”

“Post Seinfeld, Post 9/11 Eyebrow Rock.”

“Well crafted and artful songs by a potentially disturbed individual.”

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