Battles

from Intentionally Blank by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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Battles

I can't say if we expected something different
'Cause at the time there were battles to be fought
It’s hard to say if things might have turned out different
If at the time we were less caught up in thought

Baby we fought our battles
Baby we bent the rules
Without the necessary resources
We did the best we could do

I can’t say if we have a clue where we’re headed
But we have a sense of something we need to do
It’s hard to say for sure if we’ve succeeded
It comes down to the definitions that you use

Baby we fought our battles
Baby we changed the rules
And I don’t care how history judges us
We done what we could do

There might have been some more that I had wished for
You lose some battles to win the war
We haven’t got out of the woods just yet, my friend
But I can see, I can see the distant shore

And all that one can do is all that one can do
You plan your work and you execute your plan
But no one can foresee unforeseen circumstances
You lay your strategy out and when you can, you play your hand

There might have been some more that I had wished for
You lose some battles to win the war
We haven't got out of the woods just yet, my friend
But I can see, I can see the distant shore

Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson
©2013 Andrew L. Jackson

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from Intentionally Blank, released February 17, 2013
Andrew L. Jackson: Vocals, acoustic guitars, drums
Rick Cuevas: Bass, slide guitars, 12-string guitar, piano, drums
Song artwork by Andrew L. Jackson

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Alternative singer-songwriter, recording artist, Zru Vogue co-founder, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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