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Lead over Gold Lyrics by Whitey

Seven

2015

[Verse 1]
Why do people live this way?
They shake all night, and slave all day
And get nothing
They have nothing

And when exactly, were we sold?
That a good boy does just what he's told?
Why did you choose lead over gold?
When did we choose lead over gold?

[Chorus]
They said: "Take (Take, take, take, take, take, take...)
Anything you want!" (Want, want, want, want, want, want...)
But you never got a lot (Lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot...)
You never got a single thing worth anything

Wake up (Wake, wake, wake, wake, wake, wake...)
It’s later than you know (wake, wake, wake, wake...)
And you have to go 'cause
Now it's time to punch the clock (Stop, stop, stop, stop...)
Now it’s time to punch the clock (Stop, stop, stop, stop...)

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Every day and all brand new
It's an endless re-run, starring me and you
Watch us running in the wrong directions
Monkeys fascinated by our own reflections

The distant prize, the open doors
Reveal themselves as painted walls
A way to keep the hunger up
So we all run for the rabbit when the gate goes up

[Bridge]
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up

Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up
Run for the rabbit when the gate goes up

[Voice of Authority]
RUN FOR THE RABBIT WHEN THE GATE GOES UP

[Chorus]
"Take (Take, take, take, take, take, take...)
Anything you want!" (Want, want, want, want, want, want...)
But you never got a lot (Lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot...)
You never got a single thing worth anything

Wake up (Wake, wake, wake, wake, wake, wake...)
It's later than you know (wake, wake, wake, wake...)
And you have to go 'cause
Now it's time to punch the clock (Stop, stop, stop, stop...)
Now it's time to punch the clock (Stop, stop, stop, stop...)

[Post-Chorus] (fading)
Stop, stop, stop, stop
Stop, stop, stop, stop
Stop, stop, stop, stop
Stop, stop, stop, stop

[Break]
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)

(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
(Stop, stop, stop, stop)

(Aah!)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Over Gold, Gold, Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)

(Aah!)
Lead Over Gold (Over Gold, Gold, Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Over Gold, Gold, Gold...)

(Aah)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Over Gold, Gold, Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)

(Aah!)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Over Gold, Gold, Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)
Lead Over Gold (Gold...)

[Outro] (fading)
Suck out all the life
'til the money runs dry
Yeah, there's worms in the apple
And there’s trails in the sky

A lot more money
And a lot less soul
Bang the peg into the hole
The peg into the hole

Suck out all the life
’til the money runs dry
Yeah, there's worms in the apple
And there’s trails in the sky

A lot more money
And a lot less soul
Bang the peg into the hole
The peg into the hole

Suck out all the life
'til the money runs...
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Whitey

Whitey

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"Lead over Gold" appears on "Seven" in 2015.

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