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soul drifter
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since 2004-09-08
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0 posted 2018-09-06 08:14 AM


Sing a Simple Song

Sing a simple song
put your worries in a box
and throw 'em in the sea
draw another conclusion
and if it comes back to you
well maybe it was meant to be
that may not be comforting but it's true
so sing a simple song
until the heart of it all comes through
that’s all you gotta do

She's as momentary as a sigh
sealing her kisses with a lie
oh unsure beauty
you're surely a complicated thing
just sing a simple song
and it won't be long
till all the knots in your head
have come untied
and those tears you've shed
have all dried

Sing a simple song
drop your troubles in a well
hear the echo when they fall
write a happy ending
and if it someday comes true
the dream was worth it after all
occasionally life is sweeter than sweet
so sing a simple song
until the heart of it all is complete
you just gotta move your feet

I'm writing this song to see myself through the night
wounded emotions they all fade into white
set the stylus down on my rush hour veins
and you'll hear Marvin and Tammi sing a refrain
chart your course by the sweetness in their voices
and you can't go wrong
when the world is bereft of easy choices
just sing a simple song
until the heart of it all begins to beat
its own unique kind of beat

She's as unreliable as can be
stealing her kisses with a wink
oh unsure beauty
you're surely a complicated thing
just sing a simple song
and it won't be long
till all the knots in your head
have come untied
and those tears you've shed
have all dried

Sing a simple song
put your worries in a box
and throw 'em in the sea
draw another conclusion
and if it comes back to you
well maybe it was meant to be
that may not be comforting but it's true
so sing a simple song
until the heart of it all comes through
that’s all you gotta do
c’mon sing a simple song
until the heart of it all begins to beat
its own unique kind of beat
you just gotta move your feet

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2018-09-07 04:55 AM


I like this! It is a simple song unto itself and it tells a story and takes its own advice.
Good advice it is too. ~L

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