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©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002 - YOU DON'T OWN MY MIND

from I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT IN MY DREAMS by Billy O'Dwyer Bob

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YOU DON'T OWN MY MIND
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002

Once upon a time ago when I was just a lad
An old man told old stories
Of times when things were bad
He cried himself to sleep at night
And called some dead man's name
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel his pain.

He spoke of times when he was young
Of things I never knew
How war-like men had bitten off
Much more that they could chew
How, without choice, you had no voice
How many died in vain
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel their pain.

Chorus
You don't own my mind, and you don't own my soul
And this picture that you're painting
Is quickly growing old
And no matter what you want to do
No matter how you try
You don't own my reason
Or my right to question why.

Now mothers, warn your children
Or kiss them all goodbye
It's a crazy game, this thing called war
And those who play will die
And when they lay in no-man's land
And call their mother's name
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel her pain.

Chorus

Now you can scare me, boodie-man
And you can make me cry
But there's things in life you should not do
And people you can't buy
And though, in war, you justify
The innocent you maim
Now you don't know no reason
'Cause you don't feel their pain.

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from I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT IN MY DREAMS, released September 25, 2010

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Billy O'Dwyer Bob South Tipperary, Ireland

'Billy O'Dwyer is from the Emerald Isle and possesses a pronounced Irish brogue that is wholly absorbing. He has written all the material and proves to be a good storyteller...' -Country Music People
'The voice is mellow, the arrangements, beautifully simple and the lyrics are excellent. Billy is another one of those treasures of the music scene...a talent to watch out for.' -Irish Music Magazine
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