Find A Better Way is track one of the 2022 Find A Better Way album by The Commoners. Stream it here.
Lyrics
If I scream, at the top of my lungs
And stamp my feet, ’til the floor comes undone
Will you see, all the pain that you caused?
You won’t stop, but I’m begging please pause
Yeah, you got a point to prove
Who’s the one that stands to lose
Everything that goes your way
Seems to make the people pray
Baby, where the hell’s your pride?
Cause I can’t, I can’t find a better way
I wanna start a new day
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna try a new way
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna love and not be afraid
(Don’t walk away from me)
Of what you got to say
I want to live, and not have to pay, for one life’s stay
You can preach, til the prayers come undone
Why don’t you sing, a less angry song
Progression’s good, but your words are all wrong
Guess you forgot it’s the people’s song
I want bread, I don’t want cake
Promise, tried and proven fake
Leave behind my worried mind
Take back all my wasted time
Jumping ship while I still can
Cause I can’t, I can’t find a better way
I wanna start a new day
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna try a new way
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna love and not be afraid
(Don’t walk away from me)
Of what you got to say
I want to live, and not have to pay, for one life’s stay
Every point you had to prove
Mountains made and moved by you
Forget all your bottom lines
Best catch up and meet the times
Try to be a better man
But I can’t I can’t find
I can’t find a better way
I wanna start a new day
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna try a new way
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna love and not be afraid
(Don’t walk away from me)
Of what you got to say
I wanna start a new day
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna try a new way
(Don’t walk away from me)
I wanna love and not be afraid
(Don’t walk away from me)
Of what you got to say
Discussion
“A rip-roaring intro launches the band into an epic, empowering song with a resonant message. The cry to confront our tumultuous past and accept personal accountabilities has never sounded better. Gang vocals urging “Don’t walk away from me,” and a biting guitar tone immediately grab the listener, refusing to let go until they heed the call to find a better way.”
-Lauren Campbell | Peter Noble Press Release
“Kicking off the album is “Find A Better Way,” a roots rocker directed towards governments, public leaders and even one’s neighbors. It blends jangly guitars, sinewy organ (Jeff Heisholt), a tight rhythm section and killer vocals. An uplifting scorcher, it reminds us that genuine, honest values still exist. How refreshing.”
–Rock and Blues Muse
“‘Find A Better Way’ makes a convincing start, and there’s quite a virtuous performance from The Trews’ Jeff Heisholt guesting on organ. It’s a fulsome classic rocker, a little Southern not least in the chorus, and concerns itself with the woes of the world as we’ve come to know them the last few years, but is likely to be viewed from the more personal approach of the singer having experienced bad times and looking to improve them; you can intellectualise it how you like at your pace, it’s the hooks that will register first, as they ought.”
–The Midlands Rock
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