Almost Gone - Graham Nash & James Raymond

Written and Performed
by Graham Nash and James Raymond

Video by Andrew Thomas

Almost Gone (The Ballad Of Bradley Manning )

Written by Graham Nash and James Raymond

Locked up in a white room, underneath a glaring light

Every 5 minutes, they’re asking me if I’m alright

Locked up in a white room naked as the day I was born

24 bright light, 24 all alone

What I did was show some truth to the working man

What I did was blow the whistle and the games began

Tell the truth and it will set you free

That’s what they taught me as a child

But I can’t be silent after all I’ve seen and done

24 bright light I’m almost gone, almost gone

Locked up in a white room, dying to communicate

Trying to hang in there underneath a crushing wait

Locked up in a white room I’m always facing time

24 bright light, 24 down the line

What I did was show some truth to the working man

What I did was blow the whistle and the games began

But I did my duty to my country first

That’s what they taught me as a man

But I can’t be silent after all I’ve seen and done

24 bright light I’m almost gone, almost gone

(Treat me like a human, Treat me like a man )