Red-headed stepchild
Golden Smog


Language
American Minnesota English

Physical Availability
This song appeared on the album Down by the Old Mainstream.

Links of interest
The many faces of Golden Smog


Background
There had to be a song in English here, and I don't want to think too hard about what it says that I chose this to represent all English language songs. Golden Smog is from Minneapolis (me too!), and I first heard them the same way I heard Plastic Bertrand. If you like this, you may also want to look for the Honeydogs.

Lyrics

Hello darkness, come on in Let me light a candle Imaginations running Hands start to tremble Knows enough to know not to believe Wha's real, and what it seems to be Knows what's keeping him from being free Right outside your door Chorus: Don't run away, red headed stepchild I can only promise you won't find your way back home In another room there's laughing Entertaining strangers Walls in there don't breathe no more But they're keeping out some angels Laughed so much, he almost cried Stranger offers him a ride City blocks roll on by Never coming back (Chorus) Take your pictures off my wall I hate to look at strangers Then it's burning be forewarned Keep me out of danger Knows enough to know not to believe What is real, and what it seems to be Knows what's keeping him from being free Right outside your door (Chorus) (Chorus) Find your way back home

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