Striken By A Storm - Lyrics - Vince Jones

Vince Jones is an Australian jazz artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.

I've been slipping out of slot I'm a man that's had the lot I ate the sacred apple And now here come the rot I thought I was immortal But my youth is on the run My repertoire of smiles I've used them all and now there's none They say you've made it when you're still standing at the end Let's go, let's go, come on straight life has to end Play safe says the economy Play safe says my astrology Play safe, I'm a man stricken by a storm So I found this new religion And it cleans my dirty soul I washed away my problems with my money in the bowl And the priest he says he loves me As the icons laugh away The saints inside the plaster I'd love to hear their say They say you've made it when you're still standing at the end Let's go, let's go, all the straight life has to end Play safe says the economy Play safe says my astrology Play safe says everybody I'm a man stricken by a storm I've been stricken by a storm