Do No Harm

from 19 Demos by Rowan Lewis

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He says he’s not the last man standing
And if he was then he’d fall to his knees
He says things like ‘I hate to see you hurting’
He says ‘please’ a lot

I’m tired of being guided by the elbow
By folk who have ideas of what I need
I’m tired of losing my direction
I’m tired of sleep

You know what they say
You know how it sits
You gotta do no harm
But take no shit
You gotta do your best
And take these chances
Gotta stand up tall
And reject advances

Unless you can prescribe me something stronger

He says that he won’t pry into specifics
He’s sorry folk are drawn to mystery
Surrounded by sad, clumsy, dull detectives
Tryna solve me

So when he asks, I try to drag the impulse
Yeah, when he asks I look him dead on straight
I tell him I want freedom, life to be like some Lou Reed song
Where other people leave me to my fate

But I gotta be patient,
Gotta be calm
You gotta take no shit
And do no harm
You gotta try your best
And take these chances
Gotta stand up tall
And reject advances

Unless you can prescribe me something stronger

Yeah, unless he can prescribe me something stronger

He says he’s not the last man standing
And if he was then he’d fall to his knees
He says things like ‘I hate to see you hurting’
He says ‘please’ a lot

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from 19 Demos, released April 22, 2020

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I'm a 20-something songwriter from the UK. These are the things I record in my living room.

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