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Elephant in the Room

from Songs Have A Life Of Their Own by John Lee Sanders

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Elephant in the Room -

I done heard it from the horse’s mouth
Told me who let the cat out of the bag
Yellow belly canary flown south
Won’t sing a thing, bound and gagged
The snitch put a hit on the rat
When his tail started to wag
Won’t be blowing the whistle
Anytime soon in a pine box, draped in a flag
Won’t be no second line to the tomb
At the bottom of a black lagoon
‘cuz nobody risk the fallout, to call out
The Elephant …Elephant in the room.

Too big to hide it, too small to saddle up and ride it Elephant in the room.

Like the little boy who called out
The emperor’s brand new threads
The only one who had the balls out
No matter what big mama said
You see the kang wasn’t wearin’ a thing
Not even tighty whitey fruit of the loom
That story still rings true I could name a few
That the emperor has no clue
You may be high and mighty,
no one is immune
Nobody wanna risk the fallout, to call out
the elephant in the room.

If we don't talk about it
What we don't know want hurt us
somehow we allowed it
but there's no going back to the circus
just trying to stay afloat and grab a rope
when there's a two ten hippopotamus under the boat
Just lurking beneath the surface
But nobody wanna tell of it
The Elephant in the room

It’s a come to Jesus moment,
when he’s got his knees upon us,
and so We wait for a superhero with a cape
but he ain’t coming anytime soon.
So we tiptoe on broken glass,
when what really we need is a broom
and we gaslight, that’s right
till the whole thang goes kaboom,
Cover up the smell of it, with some cheap perfume
Sign it with a nom-de-plume
Cuz nobody wanna call out
the-elephant in the room

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from Songs Have A Life Of Their Own, released August 29, 2023
JLS Music, lyrics. Vocals, Keys, percussion, organ, Synth bass, Clavinet
Garth Webber, lead and rhythm Guitar

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John Lee Sanders Palos De La Frontera, Spain

Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Saxophone, Guitar, Piano, vocalist, and Emmy nominated composer, he has evolved a complex musical gumbo, with the flavors of Americana, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Country, classical, with a deep love of the traditions, and culture of New Orleans. ... more

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