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She said I’m gonna head on downtown I might be gone some time
See you in the funnies babe, where the victim fits crime
They say there’s method to this madness but they’ll never tell you why
Sometimes I want to reach out to the sun and pluck it from the sky
I’m so tired of reading between the lines

Did they tell you we’re all happy here writing postcards in the sun
Dreaming of that beach shack when our working days are done
We believed in them as children and then we find they lied
Gamble on the moon, insure against the tide
And it’ll all be fine if we stay between the lines

Don’t look so surprised my friend
I know you love a happy ending
But you get just what you pay for here

Solo verse

Now the limousine’s standing empty but the motor’s running hard
Pale servants crawl like seasick rats around the palace yard
The wheelers wheel, the dealers deal, and still the waters rise
The king is in his counting house with another virgin bride
He don’t have to walk between the lines
(we’re gonna make him walk between the lines!)

All we want is everything but all we need is enough
All we need is love but then there’s that question of trust
And if all we see is darkness can we still believe in light?
If we could just reach out our hands we could make it through the night
We don’t have to walk between the lines x 2
Between the lines x 2

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from Onward Into the Fog, released April 3, 2023

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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