Come Gather Round Lyrics - Singles - John Wesley Harding

Come gather 'round and listen 

If you can get that near 

If not, we'll use a microphone 

So that all poor souls can hear 

And hold hands in a circle 

Or stare bored straight ahead 

Rejoice in your rebellion 

Or wish you were in bed 

Come gather 'round and listen 

Or watch it on the screen 

The campfire burned out long ago 

The songs all got obscene 

And left us with some rich kids 

Trying hard to be sincere 

Why don't you let it fly straight out the other 

After going in one ear 

Come gather 'round 

(Come gather 'round) 

From the kings and the queens on down 

(Come gather 'round) 

If you listen close, you can hear the sound 

(Come gather 'round) 

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round" 

So listen to my story 

I haven't yet begun 

We have to cut through so much crap 

Just to have a little fun 

And who are we now anyway 

To even earn the name? 

We're so convinced we're different 

That it makes us all the same 

Come gather 'round 

(Come gather 'round) 

From the kings and the queens on down 

(Come gather 'round) 

If you listen close, you can hear the sound 

(Come gather 'round) 

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round" 

Don't fall for the new maturity 

It ain't real but they just call it integrity 

Please don't grow up 

Please blow up your TV 

Come all you desperate rebels 

And hang your heads in shame 

For those who live in self-contempt 

With just themselves to blame 

And for those who can, who do nothing 

For those who can't, who succeed 

To cry out, "Bloody murder" 

In the moment that they bleed 

Come gather 'round 

(Come gather 'round) 

From the kings and the queens on down 

(Come gather 'round) 

If you listen close, you can hear the sound 

(Come gather 'round) 

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round 

(Come gather 'round) 

From the kings and the queens on down 

(Come gather 'round) 

If you listen close, you can hear the sound 

(Come gather 'round) 

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round" 

Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round 

Come gather 'round 

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