Penniless

from Northern Lights - EP by Venus Demilo

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lyrics

Cut back, cut back
And spend it better somewhere else
Escape the black
In vain you try to save yourself
And survive

Because I've tried to make
the pennies turn themselves to pounds
To ease the ache
That brings your head down to the ground

Just hold on

Cut back, cut back
It's a game of swings and roundabouts
Live in the black
Or get a mortgage and a house
And survive

But when the change in your pocket's
All you've got to your name
And you're running round and round
Looking for someone to blame
Just remember
It's not yours

Now I've emptied out my pockets
And I'm drawing a line
Once I've paid off all my debts
And taken that off my mind
Everything, you owe

And I will try,
To have something to show
Something to show for my time
Something to show, something to show
And I will lie
When I'm ready to go, ready to go
I'm ready now
I'm ready to go, I'm ready to go
Now

Now I've emptied out my pockets
And I'm drawing a line
Once I've paid off all my debts
And taken that off my mind
Everything, you owe

And I will try,
To have something to show
Something to show for my time
Something to show, something to show
And I will lie
When I'm ready to go, I'm ready to go
I'm ready now
I'm ready to go, I'm ready to go
And I will lie
When I'm ready to go, I'm ready to go
I'm ready now
I'm ready to go, I'm ready to go
Now

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from Northern Lights - EP, track released April 10, 2020
Produced and mixed by Alex Quinn at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool.

Written by Tom Anderson.

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