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Intro
02:27
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the flowers that have bloomed beautifully will soon wither and die
just to arise in a couple of months.
the snow beautiful and white will be stepped on after being gazed in awe for a while.
things come and go, as do i.
so please don't mourn as i say goodbye.
because life is as fair as bad people are scarce
and life is as fair as much as i care.
so please don't cry...
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Inhale and exhale slowly
breathe in and close your eyes
fall asleep, wake up in the morning
and you would be surprised
how similar you feel, you don't feel any different.
How similar do you feel?
You feel like everybody else.
Wake up to start your day.
Drink some warm coffee, hip hip hooray!
You go to work dressed to your best,
you try to stay positive but you'd be surprised
How similar you feel, you don't feel any different.
How similar do you feel?
You feel like everybody else!
Walking away and sleeping in has never felt so good to you.
Going out and getting drunk sounds like an awful thing to do.
Oh, you've changed.
You've changed so much.
You're practically a different person but
you, you, well you'd be surprised
How similar you feel, you don't feel any different.
How similar do you feel?
You feel like everybody else!
INHALE AND EXHALE SLOWLY
BREATHE IN AND CLOSE YOUR EYES
FALL ASLEEP WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND SAY GOODNIGHT!
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wait wait wait, i have an idea...
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El Gato Y Los Chicos
03:41
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i'm not afraid to die i'm afraid to be alive
because if it's a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
i should just pack up my things and say goodbye
i'm not like your daddy, no i'm not a smoker
and i'm not like brother, no i'm not a dealer
and i'm not like your mom, i'll take care of you
and you got me singing...
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and here's for the money i thought i needed,
because now i know i don't need anything
and here's for the thoughts i had in the nighttime,
when i just needed some sleep.
mom and dad,
brother and friend,
this song is for you, this song is for you.
mom and dad,
brother and friend,
this song is for you and me.
and maybe we won't make it out alive
but i'm living right now at this time
and maybe we won't make it out alive
but i'm living right now at this time
and where will i be in ten years?
hopefully i am still singing here,
and around the world where my songs will roam
or will this office desk be my home?
and here's for the people i thought had loved me
you had me flying high but you're also the one's who crashed me
and here's for the sleepless nights
and the background noise on the tv
and here's for the blinding lights
in that car that you drove me around in
and maybe we won't make it out alive
but i'm living right now at this time
and maybe we won't make it out alive
but i'm living right now at this time
and where will i be in ten years?
hopefully i am still singing here,
and around the world where my songs will roam
or will this office desk be my home?
1, 2, 3, 4
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Going Out
03:11
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There's something in my way
'cuz I tend to misbehave,
and if everything goes my way,
I'm still not going out today.
There's something in my way
'cuz I tend to misbehave,
and if everything goes my way,
I'm still not going out today.
I'm going off the road in a haze of smoke.
Is this real life or just inside my head?
Is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
This can't be the end. No I don't wanna be dead.
This ride is bound to hell.
Dead or alive it's a prison cell.
Living is high on demand,
and I've run out of souls to sell.
We're all just snobs.
Throw away your fake gods.
You think we're all at evens,
but honestly we're all at odds.
I'm going off the road in a haze of smoke.
Is this real life or just inside my head?
Is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
This can't be the end. No I don't wanna be dead.
I'm going off the road in a haze of smoke.
Is this real life or just inside my head?
Is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
This can't be the end. No I don't wanna be dead.
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The Funk (Interlude)
00:22
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some funk enthusiast poser: hey man, could you quiet it down? my kids are trying to sleep...
me, and my funk: hey man, if you can't take the funk, don't ask for it!
the man in the corner: preach it!
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five years i've been like this
i've been at the top and i've been in shit
i don't know where i'm going
but i don't know what i'd do if i stayed.
well, up there is quite something
and down there you got nothing
well, if you're in the middle you should be glad.
bridges, buildings, and brothels i've seen 'em all
through sunny and dark days i've stood tall
day by day it's getting old
and minute by minute i'm getting old
and month by month, i'm losing breath
and day by day i'm nearing death
five years i've been like this
i've been at the top and i've been in shit
i don't know where i'm going
but i don't know what i'd do if i stayed.
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We The People
06:32
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i'm a drifter
and i don't need your things
i left my mother, father, and sister for this
and this is what i sing...
i sing "oh, i just don't know
where to go
where do i go?"
i'm a singer
and i just need a direction
no one's ever liked my songs
maybe i just need a direction
"oh, i just don't know
where to go
where do i go?"
i'm a writer
but my pen has no ink
my words have never been quieter
and this is what i think
i think "oh, i just don't know
where to go
where do i go?"
all around me in this town are crooks
no matter where you look
no matter which road you took
and i've been living in this good for nothing town
where the people all around find hope in getting you down
find hope in getting you down
and i've been thinking about this when i lay down
and close my eyes when there is no sound
and i'm free from all the lies
free from all the lies
where's the truth in what you speak?
where's the truth in what you speak?
there's no truth in what you speak,
no there's no truth in what you speak.
we're all sinners
just normal human beings
we wanna go with the flow
but we don't know where to go
we just need something
oh, i just don't know
where to go
where do i go?
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it's fine if you go i just want you to know
that nothing is nearly as good as you remember it
it's fine if you leave i just don't want you to see
the things your protected eyes didn't get
cuz it's scary out there and the world is a winter all of the year
a blizzard of expectations followed by frost bite of the mind
and cold breath in your hair
yeah, i used to like the snow
maybe i want to be myself
put all of those anxieties on the shelf
maybe i want to be myself,
and hey here's something you can do
maybe you can be yourself too
it's fine that you're now realizing that all you were was a burden
it's fine that you're now realizing that all you are is a burden
and it'll be fine when you have that epiphany one night that
a burden is what you were, what you are, and waht you'll be the rest of your life
maybe i want to be myself
put all of those burdens on the shelf
maybe i want to be myself
and here's something you can do
maybe you could be yourself too
i may not fit your definition of a good man
but i've never lived my life as a scam
i can say my life is full
and i won't be living like a wolf in sheeps wool
the idea of perfection is just an opinion
so i can say i wont be under your command
but i'll listen to the song i'm singing
i can live as freely as a bird
or i could follow your ungodly word
i can't decide what life to have
don't tell me what's good, don't tell me whats bad
i'll go on alone, and maybe i'll just be on my own
you tell me to go your way, but baby i'm taking the highway
maybe i want to be myself
put all of the stupid stuff i've done on my shelf
maybe i want to be myself
and here's something you can do maybe
you can be yourself too
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American Basswood Kirksville, Missouri
An indie rock band from Northeast Missouri.
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