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That's Just The Way It Goes

by Chris Swinney

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Written and recorded between March 11th and April 12th 2022.

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The fading days of summer, 1958
Welcome to the world and northern ways
Father was a miner
Mother kept us fed
Four mouths then a new arrival
Who wasn't planned ahead
Heaven knows
That's just the way it goes

For years he saw as normal
Some things that weren't at all
And some things he just accepted wouldn't change
A jealous, violent brother
And his sister couldn't cope
Parents always did their best
But couldn't find an antidote
Heaven knows
Sometimes that's just the way it goes

The wheel of fortune's turning
Into the mix we're hurled
Yet they say we make our own luck
In this world
But good or bad it's random
So every time it shows
That's just the way it goes

Walked the streets in darkness
To get away from there
Whenever there was trouble going down
No one else to turn to
The boy was all alone
Wishing he could find some way
Of never going home
A cold wind blows
That's just the way it goes

One day it came together
Though he used up all his luck
He used it up in one but didn't care
Found out what he'd been missing
In a love that was so rare
Tried to put the past behind him
As if it never had been there
Well, what do you know...
Looks like that's just the way it goes

The wheel of fortune's turning
Into the mix we're hurled
Yet they say we make our own luck
In this world
But good or bad it's random
So every time it shows
That's just the way it goes

The wheel of fortune's turning
Into the mix we're hurled
Yet they say we make our own luck
In this world
But good or bad it's random
So every time it shows
That's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes

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released April 12, 2022
Copyright © 2022 Chris Swinney

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Chris Swinney Wooler, UK

Chris Swinney is a singer, songwriter and producer from the north of England. He has released five albums and one EP since 2000. He has also recorded lots of individual tracks for download. All of these are now available from Bandcamp.

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