From the recording Don't Place Me in the Past (Radio Edit)
Written by Paul J Rogers. Performed by Paul J Rogers, Amzykate, Steve & Shelly Robin. Produced by Steve Robin
Artwork by Paul J Rogers
Lyrics
Don't Place Me in the Past © Paul J Rogers 2019
The cynic man inside of me
Says 'Why did this begin'
And if I have to lose it all
Was nothing like I planned
You cannot watch a movie twice
Life's linear one way
You cannot deviate fixed path
My fault lines brought you shame
But the road will fall amongst
The everyday we planned
So cut and dry you are
You moved on in one day
I said you moved
But don't you place me
Don't you place me
Don't you place me in
The past with you other boys
On the shelf of discarded toys
With no reason for embellishment
Well we diminish what this journey meant
Then you band me from the dojo
And I can't go back again
And I've never seen a dojo
Come un-rattled by one man
You sunk my pride in borrowed loans
My voice without consent
You turned the dial of freedom up
Some months before I left
But the road will fall amongst
The everyday we planned
So cut and dry you are
You moved on in one day
So glad you moved
But don't you place me
Don't you place me
Don't you place me in
The past with you other boys
On the shelf of discarded toys
With no reason for embellishment
Well we diminish what this journey meant
Thank God that my friends were there
Thank God that my friends were there
Thank God that my friends were there
Thank God that my friends were there
So glad you moved
But don't you place me
Don't you place me
Don't you place me in
The past with you other boys
On the shelf of discarded toys
With no reason for embellishment
Well we diminish what this journey meant