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If you were to travel through a large country, crossing many states and many borders, with no direction, no map and no idea of where you are - who's side would you be on if a civil war was to start between states? Ballad on the Run was written with this thought in mind.

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I steady my hand, I hear a shot, I’m running across the land full steam ahead though I’m racked in guilt and in a year I’m bound to be dead.

I bid farewell, to an old rusty sign that looked about the way I felt, I said my tomorrow is gonna come. With just a book in hand, I made my way across the land stealing a meal from time to time

I travelled the summer breeze and ate from the apple trees, working as a picker for a while, I made a river bank my home. Careening into my world was a young girl, she talked about a wishing well. I left that river for the road.

I moved on through the wintertime crossing so many borderlines, I didn’t know where I belonged, I rested in a town with no name. Whenever evening came, I thought about that wishing well and with morning’s sweet song I made my way again.

I was out on the very road, minding my own load, was walkin’ forever at a time, when I saw a man shot - cold dead. I stayed well hidden, I stayed out of sight for I was just a stranger when this country began to fight

I turned my heels around and made for the higher ground for a view to see where I could run, no army at my side and with no gun. Deep in the woodland I saw a young man, just as afraid as me. Griped in arms, he sang a sad song - "life don’t pass me by."

I steady my hand, I hear a shot, I’m running across the land
Full steam ahead. though I’m racked in guilt
and in a year I’m bound to be...

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from Human Veins, released October 14, 2011

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Alex Hallahan Melbourne, Australia

Throughout his career singer-songwriter Alex Hallahan has gained praise for his distinctive singing voice, literary lyric writing style and for his ability to straddle multiple music genres. His lyrics are descriptive, visual, and observational. His voice is expressive with a vulnerability that seems channelled from somewhere deep within. ... more

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