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Murray Head - Say It Ain't So Joe (live) Apr 2026

: Decades later, lyrics like "The image and the empire may be falling apart" and "The truth is getting fierce" feel just as timely as they did in 1975. A Song of Many Lives

Inspired by a documentary on and the Watergate scandal, Head used the baseball metaphor to describe the collective denial of a nation. It’s a song about the devastating moment when a hero—or a leader—lets you down, and you’re left begging for the truth to be anything but what it is. The Power of the Live Performance Murray Head - Say It Ain't So Joe (Live)

"Say It Ain't So, Joe" has a life beyond Murray Head. It has been covered by rock heavyweights like Roger Daltrey and Gary Brooker , but none quite capture the vulnerable, weary spirit of the original. : Decades later, lyrics like "The image and