The Northern Folk - High Horse

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Deep pockets, shallow souls
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Silence bought, violence sold
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And nought forgiven,
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Lord I’m tired of these ways
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That ain’t living, that’s just life these days
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They taught you little but tortured smiles
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Life’s this riddle where the answer is lie
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Oh, so lie down boy,
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A high horse leaves a long way to fall
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Your feet don’t reach the stirrups,
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It’s clear your spirit’s feeble as it’s small

[Chorus]
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If we hold on,
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Are things gonna change, son?
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They’ve always been this way, son
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Is it how they’re gonna stay?

[Verse 2]
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They say nothing ventured means nothing lost
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Not to mention they stabbed holes in the box,
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Oh, you should be grateful you can even see outside
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And that dangling carrot
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That’s just salad for the wealthy and the white

[Chorus]
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If we hold on,
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For change that’s coming
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If we hold strong,
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Are things gonna change, son?
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Or are we bound to bow, boy
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Raise the flag, throw in the towel, boy
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Or finally stand our ground?

[Verse 3]
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If we take a look, and take a lesson
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(And hold on, and hold on)
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And tame mistakes from all the guessing
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(And hold on, and hold on)
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If we count our luck, and count our blessings
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(And hold on, and hold on)
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(And hold on, and hold on)

[Outro]
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You can hold on, you can hold on
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You can hold on, you can hold on
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