NOT SO STRONG

First released 2009

Not So Strong was released as a free download from wearejames.com in August 2009.  It was previewed at a gig at Hoxton's Bar and Grill in June 2007 and was a firm favourite in the festival setlists that summer.  It didn't however make the final cut for Hey Ma.

LYRICS

Took a hit with the left

Round four, eight left

He follows up before the break

Bell rings, it's too late

Got a cut on a lid

Left eye, a nick

Use an iron to stem the blood

Ice will do the rest

You went down, a slip

Round six, six left

Get up, get up, get up

I'm not so strong

I'm not so strong as I look

If you can open your heart

To a blow or a kiss

Meet them as one and the same

There's a sense of relief when you know you've been beat

All your defence melts away

I'm not so strong

I'm not so strong as I look

When you're hit by a glove

You might never get up from

All you can do is pray

That the contact is sweet

Oblivion deep

Broken's a place you could stay

Now I'm lost in a fight

Where I know I'll get ploughed

Finessing my jaw to his right

It's not the defeat

That shows up the weak

It's how you respond

When you're down

I am vulnerable, I am insecure

And behind that lies one more illusion

I'm invincible, indestructible

And behind that lies one more illusion

I'm not so strong

I'm not so strong as I look

You went down with a right

Round ten, two left

Holding on, give him your weight

Referee cries break

You got hit, went down

Taste fear, get up

Stay inside to the sound of the bell

Only two rounds left

Right hook, lost heart

Went down, stayed down