From the recording Out of Print
Lyrics
Out of Print (capo on 4th in B) (The Luddite’s Lament)
G D C
They say the pages of our lives, will read like a book.
I don’t think there are many who will take a look.
Lord knows I’ve plenty of chapters, written in blood and flint.
But it’s been too long since my first song. I’m out of print.
Oh, I’m out of print.
Refrain
Em D Em C
It’s too long since my boyhood time, before the seas were bent.
If you go to a back roads town you can still find a hint.
But the shelves will be empty, fading light just a glint.
Listen to these songs while you can, ‘cause I’m out of print.
Oh, I’m out of print.
I went to get a new record, oh yeah, they’re just CDs.
But they’d taken out all the music. Who wants stacks of cases? No me.
Next time the books were all gone, ‘cause we download tales and melodies.
Enewspapers, ezines, etweets, eposts, ejunk, we’re out of print, you and me.
Oh, we’re out of print.
Refrain
Words and music by David B. Hakan
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3-11-2012