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Don’t Know How I Got Here Lyrics by Taylor Mitchell

For Your Consideration

2009

[Verse 1]
I was born beneath a smoky light
You couldn't faze me if you tried
I got a broken father and a head full of ghosts
Lost my mother to a paper war
Lost my mother to a paper war
I don't know where I'm goin', but I'm headed there fast
Burnin' through the memories of a lifetime's past
I'm missin' that man with the darkened eyes
He's got the soul of a lion, and the claws, and the cry
Soul of a lion, and the claws, and the cry
[Chorus]
Well, please help me understand
How do you smile and shake a cruel man's hand?
Please help me see the light
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
[Verse 2]
Woke up today and the sun had died
People, they shivered, but they just couldn't cry
They're floatin' on the fumes of a war and cash
Never come together, never wanna go last
Never come together, never wanna go last
[Chorus]
Well, please help me understand
How do you smile and shake a cruel man's hand?
Please help me see the light
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
[Bridge]
Now, where was that man when the sun went down?
Where was that man when I lost my crown?
Where was that man when I needed him most?
He's in the fallout shelter with the rest of my ghosts
Fallout shelter with the rest of my ghosts
Fallout shelter with the rest of my ghosts
[Chorus]
Well, please help me understand
How do you smile and shake a cruel man's hand?
Please help me see the light
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Don't know how I got here, but I don't want a fight
Credits
Taylor Mitchell

Taylor Mitchell

About “Don’t Know How I Got Here” by Taylor Mitchell

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