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Isolation Blues (Randolph Johnson as LJ's FATHER)

from Waking Lazarus - The Cast Album (2016) by Curtis Powell

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LJ’s teacher NOAH arrives late for his weekly lesson looking like he has been roughed up. LJ’s FATHER outs NOAH, then threatens him in song.

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Isolation Blues

WHEN YOU’RE ISOLATED
YOU FEEL LONESOME AND BETRAYED
LIKE YOU NEVER GOT A TICKET
ON THAT ARK OLD NOAH MADE

YOU SIT THERE ON THE SIDELINE
WHILE THE REST JUST WALK ON BY
THEN THE THUNDER STARTS TO ROLL
AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE GONNA DIE

YOU’RE LONESOME, GOT NO FRIENDS
AND THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST END IT
YOU GOT THE ISOLATION BLUES

YOU TRY SEEKING REFUGE
YOU’RE DEPRESSED, YOUR DAMAGED GOODS
LIVING LIKE A HERMIT
HIDING IN THE WOODS

YOU CLIMB UP ON A MOUNTAIN
AND THE FLOOD COMES CIRCLIN’ ROUND
AND THE WATER KEEPS ON RISING
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GONNA DROWN

STOP RUNNING FROM THE TRUTH
WELL NOW HERE’S THE LATEST NEWS
LIKE AN INMATE IN THE CAGE
YOU GOT THE ISOLATION BLUES

THE LORD AND THE DEVIL,
THEY LAID A BET ON YOU
THEY TOOK AWAY YOUR HOME,
YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVER TOO
THEY TOOK AWAY YOUR HEALTH,
YOUR PRIDE AND DIGNITY
THEY WANT TEST YOUR FAITH
OR THEY’RE JUST GAMBLIN’, DON’T YOU SEE

WHEN YOU’RE TIRED OF HANGING ON
AND THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
LIKE THE LAST LEAF ON A TREE
YOU’VE GOT THE ISOLATION BLUES
LIKE THE LAST QUEER ON THIS EARTH
YOU’VE GOT THE ISOLATION BLUES
[Spoken] You’ve got it bad.

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from Waking Lazarus - The Cast Album (2016), released May 5, 2016
Lyrics and music by Curtis Edwin Powell

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Curtis Edwin Powell Chicago, Illinois

Award winning Chicago playwright, composer, lyricist, actor and author. Other shows include "Fairways the Musical" (score), "Chronic Malcontents" (book, lyrics and score), "Trafford Tanzi" (updated score). Graduate of Northwestern University and author of "The Disposable Visionary: A Survival Guide for Change Agents" [ABC-CLIO Publishers] ... more

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