The Common Touch

from Home by Peter Farnan

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lyrics

All I wanted was the common touch
But maybe I would feel too much
Or what I’ve got
Is simply not enough

I used to try so hard to please
All I got was
‘You’re all at sea
Way off key
What kind of songs are these?’

(Ah)
I have struggled to get through
(Ah)
To myself just be true
(Please)
Asked myself ‘just who are you
Who has the common touch?’
The common touch

I’ve observed how others go
(What is that?)
Eyes and lips and hands and clothes
I’ll be exposed
‘Look, a real wierdo’

Maybe there’s some magic code
That connects us node-to-node
Sparks explode
Electricity flows

(Ah)
How I wish that I could feel
(Ah)
Some emotional ideal
(Please)
Just how do I appeal
To the common touch
The common touch?

There are those who fake it all
Politicians who have the gall
To grab, to feel, to hug, to maul
To stoke the fires
To traumatise

(Remember the fires)

(Ooo)

(Ah)
There’s something brutal, something fake
(Ah)
Those who grab our hands and shake
(Please)
Eventually our bones will break
From the common touch
The common touch

Now’s the time we must resist The all too canny populist
(Please)
The jackboot and the fist behind
The common touch
The common touch
It feels too much
(Feel it)
Feels too much (Too much)
The common touch (Ah)
The common touch (Ah)
The common touch

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from Home, released October 17, 2022
BVs: Stella Farnan
Violin and Viola: Maudie Farnan

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