Blues Traveler

Released: July 1, 1997

Songwriter: John Popper Chan Kinchla

Producer: Steve Thompson Michael Barbiero

Break away, break away
Blinkin and Nod
Carelessly with matches play
Telling you you're odd
Foolishly he lets it burn
Aware of different shapes
And so he makes his hand a fist
And never looks at what he rapes

And who am I to say I don't understand it?
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way?
I will

Sing a song of sixty pence
For a pocket full of rye
And kill all that he represents
To ensure that he will die
Chase him from the public square
Or hang him from a tree
And tell his kind they best beware
Because he's different from me

And who am I to say I don't understand it?
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way?
I will

Twinkle, twinkle little star
We have you in our sights
Dangerous, we come this far
The serpent giggles with delight
The pig's head on a stick does grin
As we teeter on the brink
He's singing "you are all my children"
My island's bigger than you think

And who am I to say I don't understand it?
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way?
I will
I will
I will
I will

Blues Traveler (formerly known as "The Establishment" or "The Establishment Blues Band") is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band's music spans a variety of genres, including blues rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. They are known for extensive use of segues in live performances, and were considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the 1990s, spearheading the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.

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