Pay The Piper (demo)

Lyrics, Music and Performance - Andy Gravina

Another unknown town
On the outskirts of tomorrow
Another sad sack story to be told
Another unheard sound
Another case of sorrow
Another added day for growing old

There's an aged man lives down the road
Who is often bought but never sold
They say it's the price the piper must be paid
For the wisdom that this man reveals
Of the subject's many all concealed
At the cost of the compromises made

Another forgotten face
From the pictures of your past
Another name and number to forget
Another sheepish grin
As you drink another gin
To drown the lonely sorrows of regret

And the days pass by like the carousel
And the man down the road says what the hell
They say it's the price the piper must be paid
It's another page gone from this book called life
The parade marches by to the drum and fife
And the cost of the compromises that are made

Another story's told
And times just growing old
The clock keeps rhythm, ticking on the shelf
With a full life in our hands
Who's going to understand
The pictures that we painted of ourselves

But another life is gone
Who's going to carry on
They say it's the price the piper must be paid
And another good man's down
Buried six feet in the ground
At the cost of the compromises made

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