
Date of issue: 17.06.2010
Record label: Idlewild
Song language: English
Number Three |
A rich man once told me, «Hey, life’s a funny thing» |
A poor man once told me that he can’t afford to speak |
Now I’m in the middle like a bird without a beak |
Cause there’s just two songs in me and I just wrote the third |
Don’t know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words |
Spent my whole life just digging up my music’s shallow grave |
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made |
So I went to the President, and I asked old what’s-his-name |
Has he ever gotten writer’s block or something like the same |
He just started talking like he was on TV |
«If there’s just two songs in ya, boy, whaddaya want from me?» |
So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar |
But I politely told the ladies, «You'll still have to call me Sir |
Because I have to keep my self-respect — I’ll never be a star |
Cause there’s just two songs in me and this is Number Three» |
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