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  1. TAKE OFF THE MASK c 1993 NICHOLAS JOHN BUTTICE

From the recording PALE ROOMS

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WE ALL WEAR FACES THAT OTHERS CAN SEE BUT WHEN WE GO ON STAGE WE WEAR A MASK
AND BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON. WHEN WE TAKE OFF THE MASK THEY FORGET THAT
FACE...WE ARE ONLY SPECIAL WHEN WEARING THAT MASK. IN BETWEEN IS THE PALE PLACE
AND IF WE WIND UP THERE WE ARE IN TROUBLE. HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO RETURN FROM THE
LIGHT.

Lyrics

TAKE OF THE MASK
c1993 NICHOLAS JOHN BUTTICE
PUBLISHED BY:
BUTTICE PUBLISHING
A SUBSIDIARY OF BUTTICE LLC

COMING IN THE STRANGEST FORM AT MIDNIGHT
THEY COME WALKIN OUT OF NOWHERE
THEY STAND AND GREET ME IN THE SPOTLIGHT
THEY DON'T CARE, I KNOW THEY JUST DON'T CARE

EVERBODY KNOWS I'M KINDA STRANGE
AND ALWAYS SO OUT OF RANGE
AS ALL ILLUSIONS SEEM TO MELT AWAY
AS I PLAY—THEY DON'T CARE ANYWAY

AND EVERY TIME I TAKE OF THE MASK
YOU KNOW THAT THEY FORGET MY FACE
AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO ASK
I KNOW IT'S THE CASE—BUT I TAKE OFF THE MASK

EX JUNKIE COMIN BY SAYS HELLO SON
I FEEL I OUGHT TO TURN AND RUN
FROM ALL THE REASONS I DON'T LOOK THAT WAY
I TOLD HIM GET AWAY, TRAVEL IN YOUR MIND ANY DAY

STAND IN THE CENTER RING IN TIME
I SEE THE MAKING IS ALL MINE
I PEEL AWAY THE TIME AND THE PLACE
AND TAKEOFF THE MASK-THEY FORGET MY FACE


EVERY TIME I TAKE OF THE MASK
YOU KNOW THAT THEY FORGET MY FACE
AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO ASK
I KNOW IT'S THE CASE—BUT I TAKE OFF THE MASK

TAKE OF THE MASK
TAKE OFF THE MASKE
TAKE OFF THE MASK
TAKE OFF THE MASK
TAKE OFF .............THE MASK AD LIB