| Step 1, write a simple chorus don’t bore
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| us with an intro or a clever little verse
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| step 2, stop pretending theres some kind of
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| formula for making it I’ve never been so sure
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| only time will tell me if I’m something,
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| if I’m cursed or if I’m cunning, if I’m talented or stale
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| cause every song is an attempt to just impress you,
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| its an educated guess to light a bulb or ring a bell
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| And here I am as I cut corners on a left turn up a sentimental street
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| All I do I do to make my parents
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| proud of who I am or who I’m 'bout to be
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| Here I am gotta hand it to me, I can write a tune
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| I guess success just still depends on who I’m singing to
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| Working hard, feeling tense, worrying about my fashion sense
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| Since when do I give up an inch to incidental tackiness
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| I’m disoriented, so distracted from my bit
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| but should I fight to force the issue when I’m out of lubricant
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| to help this, to help my words come easy, to help to ease the heat we
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| generate from friction wishin' inspiration wouldn’t treat me
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| like I’m a leper build me right up to the edge
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| of legend just to pull back leaving fame inside my head
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| I’m at an open mic, feeling like that token guy
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| «Please buy My CD’s its worth 10 dollars but I’ll take a five»
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| so much talent balanced on a rusty knife
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| can I compete with guys who have been playing their entire lives?
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| For I am tied to mind my manners and my language
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| cuz 'hecks the only exclamation I can get away with
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| cuz my grandmas gonna listen to this and I still refuse
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| to sway her sweet opinion of me or lose her approval
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| but it’d be nice to emphasize the weight of what I say
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| tell me which one will convince you that
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| I’m finally okay? |
| I’m Okay, or I’m Goddamn Okay
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| And here I am as I cut corners on a left turn up a sentimental street
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| All I do I do to make my parents
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| proud of who I am or who I’m 'bout to be
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| Here I am gotta hand it to me, I can write a tune
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| I guess success just still depends on who I’m singing to
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| I’m not a gambler but I bet you’re esoteric
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| tearing down these local artists as too poppy or generic
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| it’s apparent you regard your judgement in such high esteem
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| but it’s as welcome as americans as tourists overseas I’m seein
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| I’m Seein people asking where they go to find my stuff
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| A dozen albums sold, to me its like a treasure,
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| But I guess I’m far from guiness I’m not setting any records
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| and I’m making Indie music that will never top the charts
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| but like the greatest chef’s in Paris my fanbase is getting larger
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| I’m half a hermit introverted if I’m honest
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| the fact I’m here’s a testament to how badly I want it
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| I’ve no aversion to searching, to look or wonder
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| or to try out different styles or to leave my zone of comfort
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| cause I can flirt with burning
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| candles but they’ll either all extinguish
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| or they’ll blacken all my fingers
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| till I lose all sense of feeling I like
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| I like my girls like I like my schedule — hectic
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| I like beauty, smarts and talent but that orders alphabetic
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| I’m a sucker for independence a girl who needs her space
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| because I used to cling like static back when I was a teenager
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| I may never recapture the happiness of that first love
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| 'cause I was unaware of what a heartache really was
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| so now I guard a little harder lusting for a crush
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| and I can see its so unhealthy when it bubbles up at once
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| I’m not breaking any ground I think this problem’s pretty ancient
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| its the fabric of a classic passed down every generation
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| So to summarize this song for all
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| the people that’ve been watching this
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| find another artist if you don’t like stream of consciousness |