From the recording Sucker In The Promised Land
From Sucker In The Promised Land, released March 11, 2020
Geoff Thevenot - guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals
John O'Reilly - drums
Gerald Bailey and Stoney Goldstein - trumpets
Tommy Hayes - saxophone
Andrew Zelm - trombone
Mixed by John Hegner at Starbell Hatchery Studios
Mastered by Tom Brick at Absolute Audio
Album cover concept and art by Devan Gill
Music and lyrics copyright Geoff Thevenot (2020)
all rights reserved
Lyrics
This golden parade
I bought a ticket to, and so did you
But we never knew
The invitations don't say
This ball is a masquerade
Now I'm wondering who played who
You don't have to be so kind
But if you wouldn't mind
I think I want my money back
I think I want my freedom back
I think I want my money back
I want it back, just give it back
Now that I've been around
I've seen the entire show, and now I know
Why I had to go
Once I finally learned all I could live without
I walked right through that door
I guess I should have seen the signs
But if you wouldn't mind
I think I want my money back
I think I want my freedom back
I think I want my innocence back
My childhood back, just give it back
I think I want my money back
I think I want my freedom back
I think I want my money back
I want it back, just give it back
And all this time
I was promised I'd be somebody, be somebody, be somebody
You got to be somebody, be somebody