The Rumor

Album: Stage Fright (1970)
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  • Now when the rumor comes to your town
    It grows and grows, where it started, no one knows
    Some of your neighbors will invite it right in
    Maybe it's a lie
    Even if it's a sin
    They'll repeat the rumor again

    Close your eyes, hang down your head
    Until the fog blows away, let it blow away
    Open up your arms and feel the good
    It's a-comin', a brand new day

    Big men, little men turned into dust
    Maybe it was all in fun
    They didn't mean to ruin no one
    Could there be someone
    Someone here among this crowd
    Who's been accused
    Had his name so misused
    And his privacy refused?

    Close your eyes, hang your head
    Until the fog blows away, let it blow away
    Open up your arms and feel the good
    It's a-comin', a brand new day
    No, no, no

    Now all you vigilantes wanna make a move
    Maybe they won't, you know I sure hope they don't
    For whether this rumor proves true or false
    You can forgive or you can regret
    But he will never ever forget

    Close your eyes, hang down your head
    Until the fog blows away, let it roll away
    Open up your arms and feel the good
    It's a-comin', a brand new day Writer/s: Robbie Robertson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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