Name: Everybody's Crying (Live) (2008)
Duration: P00H03M19S
Description: Written October 2007, on my Gibson SG. A nod to AC/DC that turned out to be more a mix of Nick Lowe and Bob Dylan. Recorded live at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti, MI May 2008.

Everybody's Crying (Live) (2008)

from Demos/Live by Chad Lee Williams

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Written October 2007, on my Gibson SG. A nod to AC/DC that turned out to be more a mix of Nick Lowe and Bob Dylan. Recorded live at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti, MI May 2008.

lyrics

Everybody's crying for ya don't ya know
Dying for a part in your motion picture show
Some just wanna dance while others wanna fly
in skies where no one else ever has survived

And I just sit and watch as they crash and burn
another jet down, will they ever learn
that there's no use in following your script
All of the big guns shoot it from the hip

We all rise and fall on the biggest stage of all

Everybody's singing for your precious time
ringing in your ear and wringing all of their lines
in and out of key, sometimes it's hard to tell
but you make them all believe the lies they try to sell

And I just sit and watch as the gavel drops
another man guilty, not knowing when to stop
If you wanna be a rebel and bend a rule or two
The all time greats know how to work the tune

We all rise and fall on the biggest stage of all

Everybody's fighting, stepping in your ring
taking your best shot and missing everything
caught off-guard by the hex in your eyes
one by one, dropping like flies

And I just sit and watch as you stand tall
but sooner or later every champ falls
'cause I'm the underdog you've never heard of
with nothing to lose, I'm taking off my gloves

We all rise and fall on the biggest stage of all.

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from Demos/Live, released December 29, 2011
Chad Lee Williams - guitar/vocals
Carol Gray - fiddle/vocal
John Latini - lap steel
Jeremy Peters - bass
Jim Latini - drums

Recorded by Damon Palyka.

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