Song for Lou

from Songs From The Silicon Underground by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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Oh babe, you didn’t make me who I am
But you taught me all I know
Well maybe you didn’t teach me all I know
But you showed me who I am
Or who I could be
Oh babe, just listen to me
Carrying on like this again
Carrying on like this again

Oh babe, I was all alone
But you came along to take my hand
You showed me what it means to be
A poet in a rock and roll band
Or just who I am
Oh babe, you must understand
It’s me carrying on like this again
I’m carrying on like this again

And even though I never met you
You still meant so much to me
You represented something
That was possible to be
Everyone needs a hero
At least one, maybe two or three
I let you touch my heart
With your sweet voice and dark poetry

You were there in this same street
In this hotel lobby, maybe in this room
In my teenage fantasy, you were my sweet dream
And not a minute too soon

And my banal life took a turn
That changed me permanently that year
I could never be the same after that . . .

Oh babe, you didn’t make me who I am
But you taught me all I know
Well maybe you didn’t teach me all I know
But you showed me who I am
Or who I could be
Oh babe, just listen to me
Carrying on like this again
Carrying on like this again
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Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson - copyright 1998

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from Songs From The Silicon Underground, released November 1, 1999
Performed and recorded by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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