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Lyrics to first song which sets tone for album

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The first track on the album as well as the first clip on the music page is probably my favorite song - not best song, not best on album, not best played - but song I probably like the best - at least this week.

As the first song - it sets the tone of the album - it is a bit amusing, definitely energetic, serious, but not all that serious. At least so I hope. The lyrics are included below - based on current observations of life:

Something must be wrong ‘cause I’m enjoying life
Seems I’m conditioned to not be this way
I’ve been way too happy, so there must be something wrong
Everybody knows, you’ve got to pay to play

 

We’ve been given this time
We don’t know when it will end
It’s our nature to squander
Our lot to pretend

We’ve been given this time
We might not get it again
It’s our nature to squander
And miss life staring ahead

 

There’s a price we all carry
For the pain of the world
Hurting our self
Just by being alive

There’s a price we all carry
For suffering through
We are all quite connected
It’s just one universe

Please go to the music page or listen to the excerpt from this song directly. 

See Also

• Here is the first paragraph, which sets the theme, tone and direction of my booklet:
  Good example of how a beginning sets the tone
• Marc Sabatella’s Jazz Improvisation Primer: Jazz Fundamentals
  Another example of the beginning setting the tone
• Listen to music at outhouse studios
  Excepts from 1danband | dansingnew - and purchasing info