DESCRIPTION:
From the unreleased album "Talking To Myself" by Lawrence Macefield and Marcus Phelan that was finished in 2003. Written and sung by Lawrence and arranged and produced by me. I played all the instruments apart from the drums played by Neil Rankin.


PAPER CHASE

IT WAS A PAPER CHASE THAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLACE
IT WAS THE BOOKS I READ THAT PUT THINGS IN MY HEAD
I DON'T KNOW WHY I READ THEM, BUT I DO.
I READ ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MONEY AND POWER BRING
AND HOW THE FATE OF MEN IS IN THE HANDS OF KINGS
THEY SAY IN TIME THINGS WILL CHANGE -- THEY NEVER DO.

THAT WAS JUST A LIE

I SEE THE PRESIDENT AND THE SO CALLED GOVERNMENT
AND HOW THEY RULE AND WHY DEPENDS ON MONEY SPENT
THEY SAY IN TIME THINGS WILL ALTER -- THEY NEVER DO.
I SEE THE LAWYERS AND THEIR TALK OF THE RIGHTS OF MEN
BUT IT'S ONLY MONEY FRIEND THAT TURNS THE JUDGES HAND
AND THERE'S JUSTICE FOR US ALL -- THAT'S NOT TRUE

THAT WAS JUST A LIE

IT WAS A PAPER CHASE THAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLACE
IT WAS THE FILES I READ THAT PUT THINGS IN MY HEAD
I DON'T KNOW WHY I READ THEM, BUT I DO.
I READ ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MONEY AND POWER BRING
AND HOW THE FATE OF MEN IS IN THE HANDS OF KINGS
THEY SAY IN TIME THINGS WILL CHANGE -- THEY NEVER DO.

THAT WAS JUST A LIE