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Sympathy

from Line By Line by Benita Johnson

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Oh I know what you think of me
The day you fall from grace
Don't come running to me for sympathy
I'm gonna laugh in your face

And that is the best that you should expect
You haven't seen all the dark in me yet
You can whine and cry like a set of old frets
There's some things I'll never forget

I spent some time in purgatory
For the log that you made of my crimes
You never wrote it all down and spread it around
No, you kept it right there in your eyes

I rattled my chains and I cried for release
But nobody showed any humanity
So I made a friend of the dark, you see
It showed me things I won't forget

I'm all out of charity
I've got nothing left to give you see
If you wanna lay that guilt on me
Just you try it

I paid my dues and a balance accrued
That is now due to me
And I've become wise to the tricks of the light
Oh I know what it is to be free

I've seen the demons that hide in plain sight
And I've heard the screams in the pits of the night
When I stand up to fight, no I don't choose a side
Angels or devils - they're so much alike
Who will be fighting for me?

I'm all out of charity
I've got nothing left to give you see
If you wanna lay that guilt on me
Just you try it

Don't come running to me for sympathy

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from Line By Line, released July 9, 2015
Written & Performed by Benita Johnson
Words& Music Copyright 2014 Benita Johnson All Rights Reserved

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BENITA JOHNSON is an experienced performing and recording singer-songwriter from the UK. Dynamic and soulful, her songs encapsulate what it is to be human; they haunt, cajole, encourage and question the listener with careful lyrics and catchy melodies. Reviewer David Kidman described her music as “top-quality stuff". ... more

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