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The Hoosiers - A Sadness Runs Through Him (Audio)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Hoosiers
The Hoosiers
Performer
Toby Smith
Toby Smith
Keyboards
Irwin Sparkes
Irwin Sparkes
Background Vocals
Jonathan Byers
Jonathan Byers
Cello
Sam Miller
Sam Miller
Whistling
Alfonso Sharland
Alfonso Sharland
Background Vocals
Kwame Yeboah
Kwame Yeboah
Keyboards
Matt Holland
Matt Holland
Trumpet
Martin Winning
Martin Winning
Saxophone
Trevor Miers
Trevor Miers
Trombone
Neil Sidwell
Neil Sidwell
Trombone
John Willmott
John Willmott
Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Martin Skarendahl
Martin Skarendahl
Composer
Irwin Sparkes
Irwin Sparkes
Composer
Sam Swallow
Sam Swallow
Writer
Alan Sharland
Alan Sharland
Composer
Samuel Swallow
Samuel Swallow
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Toby Smith
Toby Smith
Producer
Sam Miller
Sam Miller
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
People are puppets
Held together with string
There's a  beautiful sadness
That runs through him
As he asks me to pray
To the god
He doesn't believe in
[Verse 2]
Time and again
Boys are raised to be men
Impatient they start
Fearful they end
But here was a man
Mourning tomorrow
He drank
But finally drowned in his sorrow
[Verse 3]
Oh he
Could not break surface tension
He looked
In the wrong place for redemption
[Verse 4]
And don't
Look at me with those eyes
I tried to un-heave the ties
Turn back the tide
That drew him
But couldn't be saved
A sadness runs through him
Through him
[Verse 5]
Time and again
Boys are raised to be men
Impatient they start
Fearful they end
But here was a man
Mourning tomorrow
Who drank
But finally drowned in his sorrow
[Verse 6]
Oh he
Could not break surface tension
He looked
In the wrong place for redemption
[Verse 7]
Don't
Look at me with those eyes
I tried to un-heave the ties
Turn back the tide
That drew him
But he couldn't be saved
A sadness runs through him
Through him
[Verse 8]
Don't look
Don't look
Don't look
Don't
[Verse 9]
Don't
Look at me with those eyes
I tried to un-heave the ties
Turn back the tide
That drew him in
He couldn't be saved
[Verse 10]
No, he couldn't be saved
A sadness runs through him
A sadness runs through him
A sadness runs through him
A sadness runs through him
A sadness runs through him
Written by: Alan Sharland, Irwin Sparkes, Martin Skarendahl, Sam Swallow

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