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Runaway

from Meet My Ghosts by David Schaak

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lyrics

See the girl.
She looks so peaceful spinning in the stars.
Her spotlight leads the way and lights the dark.
It’s been five years since she’s changed her repertoire.
Big top star.

Once a day.
And twice for every weekend matinee.
She wears her smile, high above the stage.
Back in her trailer trunk, she packs it all away.
Returns to grey.

How to escape a life of song and dance.
Where a thousand eyes don’t give a second glance.
Exchange her sequin for their normal day.
From a circus, can you run away?

There’s a place.
Where they can see the lines of distance in her face.
And she rides the wave but waits to be replaced.
One final curtain call then leaves without a trace.
Her coup-de-grace.

How to escape a life of song and dance.
Where a thousand eyes don’t give a second glance.
Exchange her sequin for their normal day.
From a circus, can you run away?

Where she stands.
A past behind no longer in demand.
Now she sees everybody’s drowning here first-hand.
Because their normal day will never go to plan.
Just quicksand.

Tried to escape her life of song and dance
Where a thousand eyes don’t give a second glance.
Discovered sequin is their normal day.
It’s a circus and you can’t run away.
It’s a circus and you can’t run away.
It’s a circus and you can’t run away.

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from Meet My Ghosts, released November 27, 2020
Written by David Schaak
Produced by Lee Griffin
Engineered by Jason Millhouse

Lead Vocals / Guitar: David Schaak
Bass / Guitar / Vocals / Banjo: Lee Griffin
Drums / Percussion: Marty Smith
Hammond: Brendan McMahon

Recording:
Jason Millhouse, Recordworks, Brisbane.
Additional recording:
Brooke Penrose, Captain B, Melbourne.
Mixing and mastering: Jason Millhouse

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David Schaak Brisbane, Australia

“I love it when music can boil down to the basics. Raw, gritty and full of heart this song comes from the darker reaches of the heart.”
- Nkechi Anele, Triple J

David Schaak loves nothing more than great lyrics, loud guitars and old technology. His music captures the Southern Rock spirit; simple songs about the human condition, played by a good old rock and roll band. ... more

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