Текст песни Intact & Smiling - John Howard, The Night Mail

Intact & Smiling

I ran around in circles, like a hamster in a wheel.\nEnchanted by your magic, the ground beneath your heel.\nBut somewhere deep inside me, I’d knew you’d never steal, the knowledge that\nsurvived me.\nAnd things you put me through.\nthe don’ts, the won’ts, the no-gos when you tell me what to do.\nYou mold me in your image, but you haven’t got a clue.\nBut you cannot stop me dreaming of fresh fields and pastures new.\nSo I’m stepping out of your picture — into the fresh air I’ve saved.\nWalking tall — intact and smiling — an independent soul, nobody’s slave.\nCaught up in your imaginations, like a cog inside a wheel.\nTangled up in bitterness, a spider’s web of steel.\nThe only time you’re smiling is when you try to make me kneel.\nYour dominanting tendency is losing its appeal.\nSo I’m leaving you in the shadow, with all the love that I gave.\nWalking tall — intact and smiling — an independent soul, nobody’s slave.