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Leaders

Release date: 24th September 2021

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"Leaders" is a track by Billy Strings, from the album Renewal, released 24th September 2021. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Billy Strings

Billy Strings

Lyrics

Leaders

We're not the leaders anymore

All our believers washed ashore

We've got to find another door

We're not the leaders anymore

Where are the children left to play?

Let mother nature lead the way

We're gonna need her love someday

Where are the children left to play?

We're not the leaders anymore

All our believers washed ashore

We've got to find another door

We're not the leaders anymore

We stand up straight and suck our thumbs

Sometimes it feels so fucking dumb

It makes my fingers tingle numb

We stand up straight and suck our thumbs

We're not the leaders anymore

All our believers washed ashore

We've got to find another door

We're not the leaders anymore

There should have been some other way

For us to thrive and have our say

Without just throwing it away

There should have been some other way

We're not the leaders anymore

All our believers washed ashore

We've got to find another door

We're not the leaders anymore

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Track details

From Renewal

2021
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Renewal
Renewal
Billy Strings
23rd September 2021
Release year
2021
  1. —This Old World
  2. —Fire Line
  3. —Know It All
  4. —Fire On My Tongue
  5. —Ice Bridges
  6. —In The Morning Light
  7. —Leaders
  8. —Love And Regret
  9. —Nothing's Working
  10. —Runnin' the Route
  11. —Hellbender
  12. —Heartbeat of America
  13. —Secrets
  14. —Secrets
    4:43
  15. —Love And Regret
    4:15
  16. —In The Morning Light
    4:42
  17. —This Old World
    3:55

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