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Bargain Land

from Broken Ghost by James Byous

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what's the worth of a singer's soul?

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BARGAIN LAND
looking for love among the cans, for the low, low price of all i have
the hangers-on, the sidelong glance
they're all monotones in bargain land
you wheel and deal and you make change
but you're still essentially estranged
and what's the worth of a singer's soul
when in bargain land they give it up for gold?

and come to find it's you i need
i'd never trade the words we spoke for anything
and don't you know that we are not expendable my friend?
here in bargain land

stealing to get the things we need
it doesn't mean that we're a bunch of thieves
for if they steal a part of who i am
is that the price you pay to be in bargain land?
well you can rob us blind but, sonny, understand
no matter what you take you never own a man
you can buy the world, brother, and the moon
but you cant have me no matter what you do

and in the end what can i keep
and if it's real can i take it when i leave?
and don't you know that anything that's worth my while is free
here in bargain land

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from Broken Ghost, track released April 10, 2013
BARGAIN LAND
Ted Russel Kamp.. bass
Chris Lawrence.. pedal steel, 12 string guitar
Will Gramling.. Wurllitzer piano, keyboards
David Raven.. drums, percussion
James Byous.. accoustic guitar & vocals

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James Byous Los Angeles, California

James Byous is a singer songwriter from Los Angeles. After living on the street and selling off slightly less than vital organs to buy his first guitar, he began writing strangely compelling songs and singing them on street corners until he was taken in by a buddhist monk in 2012. Since then he's been playing his songs around LA and learning the way toward enlightenment from his unlikely friends. ... more

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