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This song was used in an episode of ABC's "All My Children." I made a fortune on that one....

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I feel giddy as a school boy in the spring
Whenever you walk by I can hear a million bells ring
My head feels like an orchestra
I can’t believe you can’t hear that sound

How could I have been asleep for so long?
Twenty-odd years I’ve been gone, gone, gone
Now I’m watching the road and trying to hear the radio
over my own voice, the din is deafening
but I don’t care if I go deaf because I’m free

Please take my hand, I’m yours to lead
Lead me down a dark alley, I’ll feel my way if I can’t see
I’ve been hiding in the dark and you are the light brightly shining

How could I have been asleep for so long?
Twenty-odd years I’ve been gone, gone, gone
Now I’m listening to the road,
staring at the station numbers
the dashboard light is blinding
But I don’t care if I go blind because I’m free

If this is a dream then let it come to its conclusion
don’t even wake me if they start the revolution
And if I starve before I wake
Don’t worry, give my bones a shake
If I was mad I must be sane
If I was sane I must be crazy

A cop pulled me over-he said I was going too damn fast
So I kissed him softly and he locked me up and threw away the key
Now everyone in this jailhouse is singing

Instead of playing cards and staring at the walls
We stay up all night and raise our voices through the halls
We’re singing along
Trying not to bust up laughing
Even the warden seems to have perfect pitch
I don’t care if they take me down to death row to execute me
I’m Free, we’re free

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from Gone Gone Gone, track released April 1, 2006
Andy LaDue: drums

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Fred Gillen Jr Athens, New York

NYFA grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released 12 solo albums, and 6 ep’s, has toured all over the U.S. and Europe solo, and Nepal/ India with Greenheart. His songs have been on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," CMJ, and his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on Pete Seeger's "Pete Remembers Woody." He is also a founding member of THE TRIKE rock trio. ... more

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