Before I Go Away - Leo Napier

I’ve been feeling like my yesterday is gone

My brain cells are functionning like Cheech and Chong

I’ve been living present future but no past

I think it’s time to kick these drugs and do it fast

I know the music is the drug that brings content

It’s a high I didn’t buy it was heaven sent

I used to cry my blues for my fellow men

Now I sing the blues but it’s only cause I can

That’s why I’m gonna leave y’all, today

I’m sick of being a lightning rod

Conducting all your pain

I don’t sleep no

I self-medicate

So I’ll sing one more song before I go away

See I’ve been trying to make my mind up but I can’t

Cause when I’m high, baby I can lie like a president

So I lie and tell myself the pain ain’t real

But without pain, the song I sing ain’t got no feel

That’s why I’m gonna leave y’all for today

I’m sick of being a lightning rod

Conducting all your pain

I don’t sleep no

I self-medicate

So I’ll sing one more sing before I go away

They won’t feel a thing

Unless I sing it like I feel

They won’t hear the words I sing

Unless they see my wound still bleeding

Alone upon the stage

I’m gonna waste my life away

I’ll fight the beast another day

That’s why I’m gonna leave y’all for today

I’m sick of being a lightning rod

Conducting all your pain

I don’t sleep no

I self-medicate

But I’ll sing one more sing before I go away