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Songs: A Principled Man

• Recording Info
• Lyrics
• Notes and Interpretations

Recording Info

A Principled Man has had 2 different recorded versions released over the years. The versions are:

1. studio version recorded for the I Predict 1990 Project. This version has also been used as the soundtrack to a concept video. It appeared on the following recordings:
   • I Predict 1990
   • I Predict 1990 - The Video Album
   • Now The Truth Can Be Told
   • Now The Truth Can Be Told - Video
2. cover version recorded by the band Hot Pink Turtle for the Steve Taylor Tribute album, Various Artists: I Predict A Clone.

Lyrics

A Principled Man

written by Steve Taylor
Copyright © 1987 Soylent Tunes (ASCAP)

Under a flag
They sword a bond
Caught under fire they ran
Are you the one
Standing your ground?
Are you a principled man?

Followers fall
Blinded by kings
Lost in the lie of the land
Are you the one
Sworn to be true?
Are you a principled man?

Now...begin
Come alongside it
Seize the wind
Come along, ride it
One day it will be you believing
There is a principled man

Who goes there?
Do you belong, lad?
You know there
Is a new dawn, and
One day to say stick with me, baby
I am a principled man

Many's the man
Grounded by greed
Leaning on power and land
Show me the one
Lost in the stars
Show me a principled man

Now...begin
Seize the wind

Who goes there?
Do you belong, lad?
You know there
Is a new dawn, and
One day to say stick with me, baby
I am a principled man

Bleeding and hushed
Hung between thieves
There the foundation began
Are you the one
Taking your cross?
Are you a principled man?

Notes and Interpretations

To come.

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