So Far Gone Lyrics - David Wilcox

from Unreleased 

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In the mall outside the organ store, 

He plays the Lowry Genie 

And if you'd fake a smile and ask for more, 

He'd tell you that it's easy. 

But don't be fooled by what you see, 

unless you know the truth 

Cause you have seen this man on MTV 

In a band called Wasted Youth. 

Now, for Wasted Youth he sang the lead 

Though all he did was shout 

He used to bang his face down on the keys-every night 

Until he passes out. 

He always wished it could be louder, 

Somehow wilder, somehow more. 

Then he found the most outrageous sound 

In the Lowry organ store 

Now he's so far gone it scares me 

And he used to be my friend.... 

Chorus: 

Oh, but he's so far gone, he's so far gone 

He's so gone that he's back again. 

I don't understand, I don't wanna know, 

He's so gone that he's back again 

Now he only wears those rumpled suits 

And the tackiest of ties 

And those broken black framed glasses 

Blur his 20/20 eyes 

In the mall he plays the samba 

It's the ultimate reductionist upsurge 

But it's proof of relativity, I guess 

And that outer space is curved. 

Because he's so far gone it scares me, 

And he used to be my friend.... 

Chorus: 

Oh, but he's so far gone, he's so far gone, 

He's so gone that he's back again. 

I don't understand, I don't wanna know, 

(spoken) I said, "hey talk to me, alright?" 

He just said, "it's only 39 dollars a month, Dave..." 

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David Wilcox, all rights reserved