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Barricade

Credits:

Author/Publisher
Publisher	Needmore Songs
Songwriter	Robert Pollard
Musicians
Vocals	Robert Pollard
Guitar	Robert Pollard
Guitar	Jim Pollard
Bass Guitar	Mitch Mitchell
Drums and Percussion	Kevin Fennell
Lead Guitar	Steve Wilbur
Production
Producer	Robert Pollard
Producer	Jim Pollard
Producer	Mitch Mitchell
Producer	Kevin Fennell
Producer	Steve Wilbur
Studio
Recording Location	Steve Wilbur's 8-Track Garage Studio

Lyrics:

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Six guns alone and a 
emotional avalanche
Six bottles of rum and a
kilo full of character change
I don't have to come out on my own
Barricade

{chorus}
I walked into the (line of fire/blinding light) and took it
on chin again and I can't find my medication
or my occupation
But please don't show me the things should see (anymore)

In the finger paint I've been dabbling
with the 60 vessels of the ocean
In the critical line (cryptical lie) of the fashion world I become
the agressor of no one.
Takes a stronger wind to blow out this
candle than the other fires I've made
And the lion (lying) mouth won't blow my handle
knocking down my
barricade
blowing up my
barricade

Little child Little child 
won't you dance with me
Little child Little child
Little child
won't you dance with me

{chorus}

Go away and leave alone to
work the crossroad
A nowhere (Runaway) train, I'm leaving (I need)
to find a long lost brother (railroad Bound and gagged)
Moutain day. I leave today to (I'm feeling the need)
think it over. Lost my home
don't find my home

Let me walk 
I can stand on my own two feet
I don't care what you do
I don't like you
Be a clown Be a man
Be all you can be
And you don't have to
stay. 
It's all over now.

Source: GBV.com - Originally Transcribed By MexManHT

Appears On:

Artist	Title	Year	Format	Label	Catalog #
Guided By Voices	Sandbox [ReIssue]	2023	LP	Scat	84
Guided By Voices	Box	2002	5 CD Box Set	Scat	40
Guided By Voices	Box	1995	5 CD Box Set	Scat	40
Guided By Voices	Box	1995	6 LP Box Set	Scat	40-1
Guided By Voices	Box (Abridged) [Promo]	1995	CD	Scat	400
Guided By Voices	Sandbox	1987	LP	Halo	1