Mon 10 November: Written and recorded for the NaSoAlMo solo album in a month challenge. Electric guitar/bass, harmonica, baritone saxophone, djembe, bongos, voice.
lyrics
Always ready with an opinion
And a smug expression on your face.
You think you have all the answers
But there was never any question in the first place.
It's a pain to entertain this kind of insane draining brain race.
Isn't all we're really doing just shooting the breeze and making a trace?
We all just got to get along.
We all just got to get along.
Can't put the world to rights
Or stop the fights, barely make an impression.
Why'd I even write this song
To bang my gong or learn a lesson?
The muse who shoots his own foot with his lute,
Release is the fruit, it's all for the sake of expression.
If my sound bounces off your wall,
Is it just a kind of confession?
We all just got to get along.
We all just got to get along.
etc.
credits
from Dance in the dark (come what may),
released November 30, 2014
All songs written, performed, recorded and produced by Philip Dale.
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