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Stop being so serious! That's what I was saying to myself when I wrote this one. Life is too unpredictable to walk around serious all of the time. Sometimes you just need to be a weirdo and shake it free...
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I DON’T WANNA WRITE ANOTHER SAD SONG
SO LONG
BE BIG, BE STRONG
REALITY GONE WRONG
POOR ME, POOR YOU
I DON’T WANNA WRITE ANOTHER LOVESICK, LOVESONG
THINK I GOT ENOUGH OF THOSE, LET’S NOT PROLONG
HAVING THE BLUES
SO LET’S JUST DANCE AND WAVE OUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR
LAUGHING SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS
LET’S BE WEIRDOS, SHAKE IT FREE WITHOUT A CARE
CAUSE THAT IS WAY MORE FUN
THAN ALL YOUR WORRIES UNDERNEATH THE SUN
SICK OF BEING SO SERIOUS ALL THE TIME
SELF-DISCOVERY NEEDS A GLASS OF WINE
PLEASE, POUR ME TWO
DON’T TELL ME I CAN’T TAKE CARE OF ME
15 YEARS I SPENT IN THERAPY
SHOULD PAY OFF SOON (BUT IN THE MEANTIME)
SO LET’S JUST DANCE AND WAVE OUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR
LAUGHING SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS
LET’S BE WEIRDOS, SHAKE IT FREE WITHOUT A CARE
CAUSE THAT IS WAY MORE FUN
THAN ALL YOUR WORRIES UNDERNEATH THE SUN
THERE’S SO MANY STORIES I’VE GOT TO TELL
I GOTTA VOID TO FILL
BUT DRAMA’S SUCH A BUZZ KILL
LONELY IS A STATE OF MIND
ONE I’M GONNA LEAVE BEHIND
SO LET’S JUST DANCE AND WAVE OUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR
LAUGHING SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS
LET’S BE WEIRDOS, SHAKE IT FREE WITHOUT A CARE
CAUSE THAT IS WAY MORE FUN
THAN ALL YOUR WORRIES UNDERNEATH THE SUN
WHOA, YA, UNDERNEATH THE SUN
WHOA, YA, UNDERNEATH THE SUN
THE SUN, THE SUN, THE SUN, THE SUN, THE SUN, THE SUN
YA, OH, YA
UNDERNEATH THE SUN
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from
Giving Trees,
released March 1, 2016
Written by Julie Neumark
Vocal Sound Engineer - Pete Orlanski
All instruments (except upright piano) played, arranged and mixed by James Benedict Thomas
Upright piano - performed and arranged by Anne Siedler
Produced by James Benedict Thomas and Julie Neumark
Mastered by Jan Eliasson
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