John Wesley Harding Lyrics
"Come Gather Round"

Come gather 'round and listen

If you can get that near

If not, we'll use a microphone

So that all poor souls can hear

And hold hands in a circle

Or stare bored straight ahead

Rejoice in your rebellion

Or wish you were in bed

Come gather 'round and listen

Or watch it on the screen

The campfire burned out long ago

The songs all got obscene

And left us with some rich kids

Trying hard to be sincere

Why don't you let it fly straight out the other

After going in one ear

Come gather 'round

(Come gather 'round)

From the kings and the queens on down

(Come gather 'round)

If you listen close, you can hear the sound

(Come gather 'round)

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round"

So listen to my story

I haven't yet begun

We have to cut through so much crap

Just to have a little fun

And who are we now anyway

To even earn the name?

We're so convinced we're different

That it makes us all the same

Come gather 'round

(Come gather 'round)

From the kings and the queens on down

(Come gather 'round)

If you listen close, you can hear the sound

(Come gather 'round)

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round"

Don't fall for the new maturity

It ain't real but they just call it integrity

Please don't grow up

Please blow up your TV

Come all you desperate rebels

And hang your heads in shame

For those who live in self-contempt

With just themselves to blame

And for those who can, who do nothing

For those who can't, who succeed

To cry out, "Bloody murder"

In the moment that they bleed

Come gather 'round

(Come gather 'round)

From the kings and the queens on down

(Come gather 'round)

If you listen close, you can hear the sound

(Come gather 'round)

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round

(Come gather 'round)

From the kings and the queens on down

(Come gather 'round)

If you listen close, you can hear the sound

(Come gather 'round)

Of a human voice saying, "Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round"

Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round

Come gather 'round

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