One way
Levellers (Glastonbury '92) Lyrics

There's only one way of life
There is only one path in life to follow

And that's your own
And it is unique to each individual

My father when I was younger
When I was young, my father

Took me up on to the hill
Carried me to the top of a hill

That looked down on the city smog
That overlooked the smoggy city

Above the factory spill
Beyond the waste coming from the factories

He said this is where I come
He said this is his place of freedom

When I want to be free
When he wants to escape his struggles

Well he never was in his lifetime
But he was never able to attain it in his life

But these words stuck with me
These words remained in my memory

I ran from all of this
I escaped from all of this

And I climbed that highest hill
And I reached the highest point of the hill

And looked down on my life
And observed my life from above

Above the factory spill
Surpassing the factory waste

I looked down onto my life
I viewed my existence from a distance

As the family disgrace
As someone who brought shame to the family

Then to all my friends on the starting line
Then to my friends who are just beginning their lives

Their wages off to chase
Going after money

And all my friends and all their jobs
And all of my friends and their occupations

And all the bloody waste
And all of the useless things

I grew up, learned to love and laugh
I matured, learned to love and enjoy life

Circled A's on the underpass
Marked the anarchy symbol on the subway wall

But the noise we thought would never stop
But all the commotion that we believed would never end

Died a death as the punks grew up
Disappeared as the punk subculture got older

And we choked on our dreams
And we struggled with our aspirations

We wrestled with our fears
We grappled with our anxieties

Running through the heartless concrete streets
Sprinting through the cold, uncaring city streets

Chasing our ideas
Pursuing our concepts

And the problems of the world
And the difficulties faced by the world

Won't be solved by this guitar
Cannot be solved by simply playing music

And they won't stop coming either
And they will persist without end

By the life I've had so far
Based on the life I've lived up to now

And the bright lights of my home town
And the dazzling lights of my hometown

Won't be getting any dimmer
Will not be losing their brightness

Though their calling has receded now
Although their allure has diminished

Like some old distant singer
Like some ancient voice from far away

And they don't seem so appealing
And they no longer seem enticing

To the eyes of this poor sinner
To the eyes of this unfortunate individual

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