Tell It Like It Is - Geoff Bartley

Thirty miles out beyond the sound

black gold in the fishing grounds

across the plains it sends a light

burn-off gas jets shine all night

Storm and fire, the ancient fear

the heartlands lost in a single year

fields and forests sweet and green

but who will swear that the heart is clean

[Chorus]
Tell no lies, you've got to tell it like it is
to the silent skies, you've got to tell it like it is

Semis howl on the black highway
heliarc light turns night to day
border towns before daylight
dreaming through this American night
The passing years all take their toll
but light the landscape of the soul
brighter visions come to me
the heart must sense what the mind won't see

[Chorus]
Tell no lies, you've got to tell it like it is
to the silent skies, you've got to tell it like it is
Tell no lies, you've got to tell it like it is
to the northern skies, you've got to tell it like it is

My demons never seem to tire
they howl like wolves just beyond my fire
thirty days out away from home
but there's life on the end of the telephone
And all the time we'll ever need
to raise our children deep as seas
the edge of love cuts like a knife
carving out the dreams of our lives

[Repeat second chorus]

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