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Lock The Doors (performed by Bridie Jackson)

from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy by Louis Barabbas

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lyrics

Our past rarely lives up to our expectations
My friends all got bent out of shape by despair
Now I only recollect what I wish I could alter
Or wish I had dared

The appetites of memory are so seldom sated
And getting your own back on the world
Well that's a full time job
So as I give myself up to the grip of the present
I ask it to stop

Now lock and bolt all the doors
Because tomorrow's coming
Lock and bolt all the doors
Before it begins
Don't invite it in
You know it'll cause
Nothing but sorrow
Lock and bolt the doors

Nothing burns like a bridge
Nothing breaks like a promise
Nothing sounds as honest
As a man with a cure
But during the time when I was still unfinished
I yearned to be sure

So muzzle your ambitions
And tender your secrets
We all know the weakest won't last one more day
But sunlight is brightest
When glimpsed through the bars of a cage

Lock and bolt all the doors
Because tomorrow's coming
Lock and bolt all the doors
Whatever the spin
Don't invite it in
You know it'll cause
Nothing but trouble
Lock and bolt the doors

It's too late
To become who I thought was
I hate
For that drum to be stilled
But don't wait
Who am I to say no
If there's only one road left to follow?

Hide away what you can't ignore
Model each day on the one before
Fine, ok
But now no more
Just lock and bolt the doors
Tomorrow is coming
Tomorrow is coming
Tomorrow is here
So steer clear
And lock the doors

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from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy, released May 5, 2017

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Louis Barabbas Manchester, UK

Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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