The Gingerbread

from Fuchsia Undone by Johnny Loney

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verse: g g7 g g7 c c7 c c7 am d7 g g7 c c7
refrain: Em Bm7 Em Bm7 D Am C G
(1)Run run run as fast as you can
you'll never catch me I'm the gingerbread man
I've come from the Baker where the Masters prepare.
I was ordered well done but I'm medium rare
the oven was set to a high degree
but ya just can't bake that beast out of me
so brace yourself to hear me roar
a primal rage worth living for
some call it special some call it wrong
but I mean every word when I sing this song
I confess I made up the rest
The Devils in the details and the details are a mess

(refrain)
conformity bites off my head
it's a sin to break the gingerbread

(2) I have learned to trust folks as far as I can throw
and I accept that life's too short ever to let go
of anything that hope might bring
so I pray for the angels to hear me sing
this last attempt to woo the moon
the eclipse of fate is ending soon
and the beast within will have to hide
with the wealth of dreams that fought and died
the blue fairy plans to destroy
but she'll never make me a real boy

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from Fuchsia Undone, released December 29, 2016

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