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Songs from the Trooper Soundtrack

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by Jessi Robertson

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These songs will appear on the soundtrack for upcoming indie film "Trooper" about Iraq veterans returning from the war.
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released 02 March 2010
All songs composed, recorded, and performed by Jessi Robertson.
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tags: alt-country blues folk indie pop singer-songwriter healing hope soldiers trooper veterans war
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Robertson delves into issues of domestic violence, mental illness and alienation, while still managing to convey strength ... more and unwavering hope. Her voice is arresting, both wordly-wise and artless, on modern songs tinged with country and blues influences.

RIYL: The Swell Season, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Tom Waits less

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Track Name: Broken Soldiers
When I was bright and new
I volunteered to keep watch over you
and when you sent me far from all I know
I thought of you waiting for me when I get home
if I get home

When it was over you didn't want to play
with the toy soldiers you refuse to put away
I risked my body, I spilled my blood
All I'm asking you is just come pick me up
come pick me up

Now I'm broken and used
I feel forgotten, abandoned and bruised
After all I gave for you, what I endured
You said, I'm sorry, I can't see you anymore
I can't see you

When it was over you didn't want to play
with the toy soldiers you refuse to put away
I risked my body, I spilled my blood
All I'm asking you is just come pick me up
come pick me up
Track Name: Never Let Them See You Cry
Bullets and stones may break your bones
And names may be tattooed on your skin
They say that all wounds will heal in time
Whether the cause lies without or within

Your body is a road map of all the places you have seen
You should be proud of the fault lines and the ravines
You've been battered and scarred, you’re not afraid to die
But you never let them see you cry
You never let them see you cry


You're flesh and blood, you're skin and bone
But your spine is iron, your will is steel
They say that idle hands are the devil's tools
So you use them to distract yourself from what you feel

Your body is a road map of all the places you have seen
You should be proud of the fault lines and the ravines
You've been battered and scarred, you’re not afraid to die
But you never let them see you cry
You never let them see you cry
Track Name: Atlas Shrugged
I'm at the dead-end street
I'm in the darkened alley
It's like it's calling for me
It's like I know it wants me

There's no escape
no escape

When you told me not to be afraid
I smiled at your innocence
When you told me not to be afraid
I said the world is on my shoulders
If I let it fall it might crush us all

I buy human misery
For two new shiny quarters
Ink runs in the rain
My hands are black and stained

There's no escape
no escape

When you told me not to be afraid
I smiled at your innocence
When you told me not to be afraid
I said the world is on my shoulders
If I let it fall it might crush us all

There's no escape,
no escape

When you told me not to be afraid
I smiled at your innocence
When you told me not to be afraid
I said the world is on my shoulders
If I let it fall it might crush us all