MUSIC and the SOUL

I’M WORKING ON A MOUNTAIN

OF COURSE IT’S FROM THE STEEP SIDE

DRINKING LIFE’S YOUTH FOUNTAIN

I’M DROWNING IN THE DEEP SIDE

I’VE SETTLED SETTLED SETTLED FOR TOO LONG

I’VE BET ALL BET ALL BET ALL ON THE COME

I’M YELLOW YELLOW YELLOW WHEN I SHOULD BE STRONG

I’VE SETTLED SETTLED SETTLED FOR TOO LONG

DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE HELPING ME

I’M WEAKER AT THE KNEE

A LOSING PHILOSOPHY

AM I WRONG?

DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE HELPING ME

I’M BENDING AT THE KNEE

I THINK YOU’RE LOSING ME

I’M GONE

I’VE SETTLED SETTLED SETTLED FOR TOO LONG

I’VE BATTLED BATTLED BATTLED KINGDOM COME

GIMME A MEDAL MEDAL MEDAL FOR NOTHING DONE

GIAPETTO PETTO PETTO HIS WAS THE LONG ONE

I’M WORKING ON A DEEP THOUGHT

UNLIKELY WHEN YOU’RE BLEEDING

HOW ABOUT A COMPLETE THOUGHT?

IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU’RE NEEDING

I’VE SETTLED SETTLED SETTLED FOR TOO LONG

I’VE MET ALL MET ALL MET ALL THE LOSERS WRONG

I BET I’LL BET I’LL BET I’LL BE THE ONE

CAN I SETTLE SETTLE SETTLE FOR TOO LONG?

(DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE HELPING ME)

I’VE SETTLED SETTLED SETTLED FOR TOO LONG

I’VE MEDDLED MEDDLED MEDDLED WHERE I DON’T BELONG

SO TELL ALL TELL ALL TELL ARE THE STORIES WRONG?

I’LL BELLOW BELLOW BELLOW ONE LAST SONG

I’LL BABBLE BABBLE BABBLE ALL NIGHT LONG

CAN I SEE YOU SEE YOU SEE YOU IN THE PURPLE THONG?

I’VE SAID ALL SAID ALL SAID ALL THIS JUST FOR FUN

I KNOW ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THIS SONG…

SO LONG...

lofty goals set as a kid somehow plateau into oblivion and i continue to look for a scapegoat...why am i not the supersuccess story i was supposed to be?... the "what if" melancholy with no real answer possible (or is that "desirable")...i'm sure i wouldn't recognize it if were in my hands..