Only One Way - Karine Polwart

When you’re looking at life on the brim 
And trying to figure out if you remember how to swim 
You only find out if you jump right in 
That there’s only one way, only one way 

When the writing on the road says slow 
And the people in the back seat ask which way to go 
The truth is they already know 
That there’s only one way, only one way 

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We have to break all the rules they make 
And take all the risks they say we won’t take 
We have to make all the trouble we can 
Only one way 
Only one way 

And when every single sound you hear makes no sense 
And your arse is sore with sitting on the fence 
And the scale of the problem is larger than immense 
There’s only one way 

And when a genocidal maniac talks about grief 
And you kinda get the feeling that there’s nothing underneath 
But you can’t believe a man would lie through such nice teeth 
Only one way 

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And when you’re thinking that there’s nothing you can do 
But eat what they feed you like a monkey in the zoo 
Just remember that they want you to believe that’s true 
And there’s only one way, only one way 

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