Always Inside
George sings the lead and plays 12-string acoustic guitar, Steve’s on viola and Chuck’s on 12-string bass.
Always Inside
Always inside looking outside,
Trying to decide whose side you’re on,
And who’s been trite and who has light,
And who has the right to decide who’s wrong.
For as forests turn beneath the stars,
And oceans churn between the wars,
I hear the rulers are breaking their own laws,
They sound like rebels just burning in their own cause.
You can say it’s you and I can say it’s me,
But in anybody else’s eyes you can plainly see,
That it’s got to be you if it’s going to be me,
And if anything is going to be the way it’s got to be.
Always inside looking outside,
Trying to decide whose side you’re on,
All martyrs who died, all saints who have cried,
Are given the right to sing this song.
Jehovah, Elohim, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,
Jehovah, Elohim, Hallelujah, Jesu, Jesu.
by George Downey, 1976