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David Gray - First Chance (Official Audio)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Gray
David Gray
Performer
Bruce White
Bruce White
Viola
Caroline Dale
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Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Gray
David Gray
Songwriter
Keith Prior
Keith Prior
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Like a bird upon release
Through the atmosphere
Like a honking flock of geese
Winter drawing near
As the fabric comes unstitched
Hearts and minds and eyes bewitched
Standing watching for the smoke to clear
[Verse 2]
First chance I get I'm gone
[Verse 3]
Moses had his tablets, yeah
Noah had his ark
All I got's a haystack needle
Stabbing in the dark
Anguish cries and old footfalls
Permeate through these paper walls
Need some action, all you get is talk
[Verse 4]
First chance I get
I'm gone I'm outta here
First chance I get
I'm gone I'm outta here
[Verse 5]
Here's one for the boys back home
Here's one for your spokes
A little taste of victory
To send back to your folks
Here's one for the fireside
The grinning groom, the blushing bride
Come and feast your eyes upon the hoax
[Verse 6]
First chance I get
I'm gone I'm outta here
First chance I get
I'm gone I'm outta here
[Verse 7]
Over Lake Superior
And the Arctic Sea
Through the dark interior
The stolen territory
Want it with the cream on top
One more lifetime swallowed up
He'll be back, yeah, just you wait and see
[Verse 8]
First chance I get
I'm gone I'm outta here
First chance I get
I'm gone, I'm outta here
[Verse 9]
First chance
First chance
I'm outta here
First chance
First chance
I'm outta here
[Verse 10]
And it's a long way back
From where you are
And it's a long way back
From where you are
And it's a long way back
From where you are
It's a long
It's a long
It's a long
Written by: David Gray, Keith Prior

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