2025 Competition Entry:

Addiction by JimmyLee Smith

Genre

Folk

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Myself, JimmyLee Smith

Description

I think others can find their own story behind it.

Bio

JimmyLee is a Storyteller: poet, singer/songwriter, actor, screen writer, movie maker, photographer, painter. So many stories out there to tell. So many ways to tell them.

Lyrics

As hard as I try, as hard as I fail
you’d think I’d walk away from you
But time after time I keep coming back again
trying to believe that it’s all true

So here I stand
believing in your lie
thinking it’s the only way
a boy like me
survives

Time after time, Dream after dream
when I find they’re not quite what them seem
And fight after fight, Pain After pain
I find the tears aren’t worth the gain

Then you come back
serving up your lie
promising a boy like me
that with you I can
survive

And time after time, I keep running back to you
wanting to believe that it’s all true
But as hard as I try, As hard as I fail
You’d think I’d turn my back on you

But I stand here now
believing in your lie
knowing it’s the only way
a man like me
survives

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