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I was down, ten miles deep
Darkness all around, I was too scared to sleep
I couldn't pray 'cause my mouth was dry
I'd fallen so far I couldn't even cry
They were shoveling dirt down on me
I could hear their dogs howling at me
I could feel the poison in the air
I could smell the snakes crawling through my hair

Now I'm back up
I'm standing tall
Yeah I'm back up
There's nothing wrong at all
Sweet sweet day
Twenty-four hour drug
Gonna swallow you down
'Cause I'm back up

I was lying to myself, I was lying to my girl
I was lying to my wife, I was lying to the world
I was running from the truth through an endless cave
Thought I was running for freedom but I was still a slave
Then the gave me one more chance, they said "pick a card"
So I stuck out my hand and I thought very hard
And I picked that card and I opened my eyes
And I read my name and the following lines:
"Get out get out, get away from here
Don't look back, have no fear"
So I walked away, pace by pace
Till I felt the sunlight lick my face

And I'm back up
I'm breathing free
Yeah I'm back up
Nothing gets to me
Sweet sweet day
Twenty-four hour drug
Gonna swallow you down
'Cause I'm back up

Yeah I'm back up
I'm standing tall
Yeah I'm back up
There's nothing wrong at all
Sweet sweet day
Twenty-four hour drug
Gonna swallow you down
Cause I'm back up

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from Building A Road, released September 1, 2003
Spottiswoode: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
John Young: Bass
Tim Vaill: Drums
Candace DeBartolo: Saxophone
Kevin Cordt: Trumpet
Riley McMahon: Electric Guitar
Kenny White: Piano, Hammond Organ
Renee Cologne: Backing Vocals
Alexis England: Backing Vocals
Victoria Villalobos: Backing Vocals

Produced by Spottiswoode & His Enemies
Mixed by Gene Holder

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Spottiswoode & His Enemies New York, New York

For over 2 decades, Spottiswoode & His Enemies have been a constantly self-reinventing New York institution. The IMA winners recently earned three more nominations for their 7th record, LOST IN THE CITY, “an immersive theater-of-the-mind love letter to New York”.

Spottiswoode's songs appear in numerous TV shows and films including Either Side Of Midnight for which he also wrote the screenplay. ... more

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