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Up For Air

from Up For Air by John Egenes

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Now me, I’ve never been the one to keep up with the rest
a day late and a dollar short, though I’ve done my very best
I put the key in the mailbox, got my shirt on inside out
and I ain’t stayin’ ‘round to see what the shoutin’s about

Sinkin’ to the bottom seems to be my stock and trade
it’s just “one more year… one more year” and then I’ll have it made
so I think I’ll take it easy, try to catch my breath
there ain’t no need to work myself to death

It ain’t no use to paddle up the river
rowin’ against the current won’t get you anywhere
I can’t spend my life swimmin’ underwater
I’m comin’ up for air

I sit and watch my life go by from the bottom of a well
in the darkness there ain’t that much to see
I’m tired of chasin’ after livin’
I think I’ll stop awhile and let the livin’ come to me

‘cause it ain’t no use to paddle up the river
rowin’ against the current won’t get you anywhere
I can’t spend my life swimmin’ underwater
I’m comin’ up for air
I can’t spend my life at the bottom of the sea
I’m comin’ up for air

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from Up For Air, released February 1, 2009
John Egenes: fingerpick guitars, drums, upright bass

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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