Doing Nothing

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The phone does ring, it’s always you - you want me to go out
But I can see right from my pillow the sky is full of clouds
The clock is ticking, life is short - I think I’ll stay in bed
It’s good to hide beneath the blankets when people outside going mad

Tellin´you lies, killing some flies and running out of alibis
For doing nothing, mhmhmhh
I am a fool, floating in a pool of useless, pretty things
And doing nothing, waiting what tomorrow´ll bring

When I was young I have been told the world would become better
All new horizons made of gold and always sunny weather
There would be never ending joy and everlasting fun
But, Baby, when I look around me - were have all those flowers gone?

Tellin´you lies, killing some flies and running out of alibis
For doing nothing, mhmhmhh
I am a fool, floating in a pool of useless, pretty things
And doing nothing, waiting what tomorrow´ll bring
Waiting, waiting what tomorrow´ll bring

Why should I swing my feet outside, why should I raise a hand
The cushions are so soft and smooth - It’s like the Promised Land
No sense is no where to be found in all this struggle and this strive
And even if I tried this hard… I never would come out of this world alive…

Tellin´you lies, killing some flies and running out of alibis
For doing nothing, mhmhmhh
I am a fool, floating in a pool of useless, pretty things
And doing nothing, waiting what tomorrow´ll bring…

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from Wild Birds & Their Music, released January 1, 2022

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