The Desperate Ones

from SEVEN SHADES DARKER by Ola Onabulé

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lyrics

THE DESPERATE ONES
Ola Onabule © 2010

My desperate ones Oh so undone...!

Here lie the desperate ones Dark and disillusioned gentlemen They answer now not to anyone
Soldiers of misfortune Who dared what comes
If you sense a heartbeat, a flicker way deep To where the rage keeps out the sun,
You'll know where it all went wrong

My desperadoes All run, the stuff in your head you can't outrun It's true there ain't no happiness in any gun Sooner than you know you're out gunned, They drop you in the very deepest of holes It drinks up your soul, When you're alone with nowhere to go You'll know you're the last of the desperate ones

See how the desperate ones Rush to their destruction, each mother's son It don't take long, it has begun
Scorn an education, defeat is won
Penitentiary blue jeans, plans without means Of yielding promise is all there is
Everybody knows this

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My desperate ones
Oh so undone, By your own hand

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from SEVEN SHADES DARKER, released December 1, 2011
Drums: Ralph Salmins,
Bass: Phil Mulford,
Guitar: John Paricelli,
Keys: Pete Adams,
Percussion: Karl Vanden Bossche.
Lead & Additional Vocals: Ola Onabule,
Featuring Guitar Solo by Okan Ersan,

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Ola’s new album, POINT LESS has been critically received worldwide. The new album is on the DownBeat list of Best Albums of 2019. .

Onabulé is a rugged individualist, a deeply soulful musician. Possessing an emotional intensity and vocal virtuosity, a poignant storyteller and capacity to cross cultural and musical boundaries with an unflinching lyrical pursuit of truth and justice.
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