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Guilty Survivor

from Don't Be Discouraged by Peter Lehndorff

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Guilty Survivor talks about survivor guilt. Sometimes the one who is spared is worse off. Every silver lining has a cloud.

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People say that I’m a lucky guy.
I try to smile and not be blue.
But there are times that I have to wonder,
if it could have been me and not you.

Chorus: I guess I’m a guilty survivor.
I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.

When we were kids, you used to say (that)
You’d grow up to be just like mom.
You’d learn to dance. I’d learn guitar.
We always seemed to get along.

You got her smile. And you got her figure.
But you also got her damn disease.
As your mind slipped away, your so-called friends used to say.
“The apple didn’t fall far from that tree.”

Chorus: I guess I’m a guilty survivor.
I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.

When you got home from college,
I remember how you used to joke.
(You said) "I’m afraid I’m becoming our mother."
How I wish that was never so.

I guess I’m a guilty survivor.
I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.
Every silver lining has a cloud.

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from Don't Be Discouraged, released May 6, 2022
© 2022 Peter Lehndorff / BMI

Peter Lehndorff: vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris Haynes: accordion, piano
Paul Kochanski: upright bass

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Partial proceeds from my bandcamp site will be donated to The Huntington's Disease Program at UConn. To date I have donated over $1000. Huntington's Disease is the genetic brain disease that took the life of Woody Guthrie.

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