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Fun facts:
The "Blood Flow" part of the title was a nod to (smog)/Bill Callahan, who was a big influence at the time when writing this song.
The "Born Free" lines -- taken from the 1960s classic; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Free_%28song%29 -- were written with a laugh and a chuckle; surprisingly (or maybe not so when it comes to my music), the song took a dark turn, and now it is often forgotten that I originally started out this song in good fun!
lyrics
Born Free, Blood Flow Lyrics
Born free, as free as the wind blows, as free as the blood flows… from your head to your toes.
Born free, but then we must grow old, look how the time goes, you were once born free.
Feeling so much indignation over each and every obligation, and there ain’t any indication of when it’s gonna end.
I…I… I… I…
Can’t breathe, So I take medication
Just 4 inhalations… just so I can breathe
Born Free, but then we must grow old… look how the body goes ….from your head to your toes.
Feeling so much indignation over each and every complication, and there ain’t any indication of when it’s gonna end.
I…I… I… I…
Hold me tight, I won’t charge you for it.
Say goodnight, I won’t hold you to it
Say goodbye …it’s the same as saying hello.
Don’t want to be a Xerox, of what I was
Don’t want to look to the past because you know the future’s enough
It’s enough, for me… like you I was born free…
So quit judging me.
credits
from still standing still (ep),
track released June 6, 2005
Randi Russo - guitar, vocals, keys, string arrangements;
Lenny Molotov - lead guitar, lap steel, bass, keys, hammond organ, string arrangements;
Randy Jamrok - drums;
Karl Meyer – violin
Recorded & Mastered at (loiter) studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Engineer - Ellis Traver
Producers - E. Traver, R. Russo & L. Molotov
Written by Randi Russo, with a couple of lines written by John Barry & Don Black (used with permission from Sony/ATV Songs)
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