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What About Everything?
by Carbon Leaf


Holiday quiet on these streets
Except for some stubborn leaves
That didn't fall with the fall
And now they clatter in vain
Holiday sky, midnight clear
Wind is high, hard to steer
Old muffler rumbles like
An old fighter plane
In search of some rest
In search of a break
From a life of tests
Where something's always at stake
Where something's always so far
What about my broken car?
What about my life so far?
What about my dream?
What about
    What about everything?
    What about aeroplanes and
    What about ships that drank the sea?
    What about
    What about the moon and stars?
    What about soldier battle scars
    And all the anger that they eat?
    I am not in need
Get away and come with me
Come away with me and we'll see
If I was right on that night
That a future was made
Before time takes each year
Like a knife cuts it clear
It's school, then work and then life
That just sharpens the blade
I think about time for fun
I think about time for play
Then I think about being done
With no resume
With no one left to blame
What about fortune and fame?
What about your love to obtain?
What about the ring?
What about
    What about everything?
    What about aeroplanes and
    What about ships that drank the sea?
    What about
    What about the moon and stars?
    What about soldier battle scars
    And all the anger that they eat?
    I am not in need
Holiday quiet on these streets
Except for some reason me
The hometown harbor lights bright
The sailboats clatter in vain
Holiday sky, midnight clear
Wind is high on this pier
I find it hard to complain
When compared with what about
    What about everything?
    What about aeroplanes and
    What about ships that drank the sea?
    What about
    What about the moon and stars?
    What about soldier battle scars
    And all the anger that they eat?

    What about

    What about aliens?
    What about you and me and
    What about gold beneath the sea?
    What about
    What about when buildings fall?
    What about that midnight phone call
    The one that wakes you from your peace?
    Well I am not
    I am not
    I am not in need...

Date: 2008-06-05 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snowishness.livejournal.com
This is a really neat song.
And I like the video.

Date: 2008-06-05 07:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pbristow.livejournal.com
...Inserted into your branez by this vid, perhaps? (Calapine's updated version of this earlier classic) =:o}

Like many folks, I'd never heard of the 'song 'til seeing the vid. Calapine does good work... and it's edjumacational, too! =:o}
Edited Date: 2008-06-05 07:12 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-06-05 08:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] khaosworks.livejournal.com
See the link in the song title...

Date: 2008-06-05 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erinwrites.livejournal.com
I LOVE CARBON LEAF!

That is all. :)

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