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I’m Not There from the album REINCARNATION 420 (for Tuff Gong) by ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s).
The song charts the song lyricists’ departure from England’s ‘Once green and pleasant land’ to live in the Promised Land. The track starts with a reflection of some people’s opinion of the ‘Royal family’s coldness’ and apparent indifference to the death (whether by accident or by murder) of Princess Diana, and references his one time friendship with the law – Paul was a former London police officer who took the police to court and beat them for their racial discrimination of him. Paul remembers Princess Diana waving to him when he was on duty at her wedding to Prince Charles as they passed below the bridge he was on in their open carriage on their way to St. Paul’s Cathedral to be married.
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I’m Not There Lyrics
I’m not there
I’m not there
I’m not there
I’m not there
The obituary read:
“Killed by an overdose of press”
Not that the mother in law could care less
“Got what they deserved” is what they said she said
I’m glad I’m out of it and far away
I never did regret leaving
If you catch me sleeping in the shade of the day
Can you check if I’m still breathing?
But let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
Let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
I’m not, I’m not there
Your complimentary words
Ring like Big Ben inside my brain
And although sometimes the truth is preferred
You can tell me one or two white lies again
I know I can do what I’ve done before
Everyone says I can’t come back
And although I still don’t have respect for the law
We were friends one time down the track
But let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
Let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
I’m not, I’m not there
You can see by the lines that cross my face
Time has taken its toil
But I sure ain’t ready for the hole, or the fire,
I still got passion, I still got desire
And though I might be far away,
I’m still competing in the human race
The visionaries gone blind
There’s no-one to show you the way
They’ll help you believe in it if you pay
Clowns are in re-hab re-programming their minds
I guess there’s a price to pay to be free
This rolling stone’s gathered some moss
I’m just a shadow of the man I used to be
Don’t ask me why it’s just because
But let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
Let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
I said let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
Let the world burn, what do I care?
I’m in another place, I’m not there
I’m not there, I’m not there
I’m not, I’m not there
Music composed and performed by Paul Odiase BMI No. 1252265 (Switzerland)
Song lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode 314791FM
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