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At 71, Judge feels entitled to write songs about aging and mortality. 'But just not too many of them' seems to be the advice of his nearest and dearest.

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SO SURE

I used to be so sure,
So sure about what lay behind each door.
I was convinced I really knew the score,
And certain I could give the world what-for.
I used to be so sure.

I used to be so sure.
I used to be so keen to take the floor,
And have my say on matters by the score
Just scoring points, and laying down the law.
I must have been a bore.

These days I’m on a different page,
I feel reluctant to engage.
Perhaps it’s simply down to age,
Or am I going through a stage?...
Oh, Lor!
I used to be so sure.

I used to be so sure.
My politics were simply Total War,
An imitation, cardboard carnivore
And quite up for a bit of shock and awe.
But I’m not anymore.

I used to be so sure,
But now I find that I am in rapport
With Lefty wankers I used to deplore.
In all my arguments, I see the flaw.
So I tend to withdraw.

These days I’m on a different page,
I feel reluctant to engage.
Perhaps it’s simply down to age,
Or am I going through a stage?...
Oh, Lor!
I used to be so sure.

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from TOWERS OPEN FIRE, released June 12, 2020
BRAKEMAN / SMITH (Brakeman - Music: Smith - Lyrics)
Brakeman - Guitars & Backing Vocals.
Smith - Lead Vocals

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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