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Managing Expectations
03:55
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MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
John Soeder
© 2011
I’d like to thank you in advance
For three minutes of your life you’ll never get back
I’m managing expectations
Don’t set your sights too high
And maybe you’ll be satisfied
I’m managing expectations
I’ll do the very best I can
But I must warn you
I’m a very ordinary man
I know what you’re thinking
You’re thinking: “What the hell was I thinking?!”
I’m managing expectations
I should be sweeping the floor
I’m not sweeping the nation
I owe you an explanation
I’m just filling in
The regular guy is on vacation
I really hate to deceive ya
I’m an overreaching underachiever
For your information
Now what more could you want
I’m an idiot savant
Without the savant (hey hey hey)
They say music soothes the savage
But this song is well below average
I’m managing expectations
(solo)
I’m trying
I’m really trying
What more could you want
I’m an idiot savant
Without the savant (hey hey hey)
A money-back guarantee
Too bad it’s free
I’m managing expectations
I believe in heaven
I believe in the rising
I believe in truth in advertising
I’m managing expectations
I really hate to deceive ya
I’m an overreaching underachiever
I’m managing expectations
I do the very best I can
But like I told you before
I’m a very, very, very ordinary man
Oh man
I hope I didn’t let you down
I’ve got to get outta town
I’m managing expectations
Three minutes of your life
You’ll never get ’em back
Don’t have a heart attack
I’m managing expectations
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2. |
Summer Day
03:36
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SUMMER DAY
John Soeder
© 2011
Meet me on a summer day
C’mon c’mon come out and play
Close your eyes and fly away
With me
Join me on the moon tonight
I promise it will be alright
We’ll count every star in sight
1, 2, 3
I won’t grow up
I won’t forget
Where I come from
I’m just hanging on by a thread
But at least I’m hanging on
Find me at the rainbow’s end
I’ll be waiting for you friend
Make believe it’s not pretend
For real
Farther than the eye can see
In the spaces in between
Little bits of you and me
Are revealed
I won’t grow up
I won’t forget
Where I come from
I’m just hanging on by a thread
But at least I’m hanging on
Meet me on a summer day
C’mon c’mon come out and play
Close your eyes and fly away
With me
Join me on the moon tonight
I promise it will be alright
We’ll count every star in sight
1, 2, 3
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3. |
The Big Picture
03:33
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THE BIG PICTURE
John Soeder
© 2011
I’ve been thinking about
The Big Picture
Someday I’ll figure it out
You can’t put it in a frame
You can’t hang it on a wall
The Big Picture
Makes me feel so small
Keep your eyes on
The Big Picture
Don’t let the details get you down
Easy come
Easy go
We all just have cameos
In The Big Picture
Don’t it make you feel so small
Everywhere you go
Everyone you know
They’re all just dots on a globe
And that globe is just a dot
In some other planet’s sky
The Big Picture
Don’t it make you feel so small
Cities will tumble
Mountains will crumble
Rivers will run dry
Civilizations
Will rise and will fall
It’s all part of it
The Big Picture
Makes me feel so small
Civilizations
Will rise and will fall
It’s all part of it
The Big Picture
Makes me feel so small
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4. |
City by the Sea
02:32
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CITY BY THE SEA
John Soeder
© 2011
I gave my love a lifeboat
She waved farewell to me
And sailed off to a new life
In a city by the sea
Now she collects the seashells
That she finds on the beach
And I’m collecting postcards
From a city by the sea
They clothe themselves in splendor
They sing in harmony
They know not want nor worry
In the city by the sea
Every single citizen
Radiates beauty
And a gorgeous tan is the law of the land
In the city by the sea
When we’ve been there
10,000 years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days
To sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun
40 days and 40 nights
It rained incessantly
I floated down the river
To the city by the sea
Where the sun is always shining
On the beachfront property
And everyone but me is happy
In the city by the sea
They locked me in a sand castle
And threw away the key
It’s sink or swim
You just can’t win
In the city by the sea
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5. |
Gin Joints
03:02
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GIN JOINTS
John Soeder
© 2011
Sometimes
I get lost in corners of my mind
At times
Peace of mind can be so hard to find
Light
In a window
Sometimes
I get lost in corners of my mind
Of all the gin joints in the world
You walked into mine
Of all the gin joints in the world
You walked into
Mine
High time
We made time to make time for ourselves
No crime
To close the book and put it on a shelf
Lost
In a moment
High time
We made time to make time for ourselves
Of all the gin joints in the world
You walked into mine
Of all the gin joints in the world
You walked into mine
The stars must be out of line
Of all the gin joints in the world
You walked into
Mine
Sometimes
I get lost in corners of my mind
At times
Peace of mind can be so hard to find
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GET ME THE HELL OUTTA HERE!
John Soeder
© 2012
Thirty days
In the box
Get me the hell outta here
Honor roll
School of hard knocks
Get me the hell outta here
This mortal coil
Takes a toll
I need a nightlight
On this dark night of the soul
Am I making myself
Perfectly clear
Get me the hell outta here
Situation
Outta control
Get me the hell outta here
A comedy of errors
The starring role
Get me the hell outta here
Run for my life
’Til I’m outta breath
In the valley
Of the shadow of death
I will know no fear
I won’t shed a tear
If you just
Get me the hell outta here
Another 30 days
In the box
Get me the hell outta here
Summa cum laude
School of hard knocks
Get me the hell outta here
This mortal coil
Takes a toll
I need a nightlight
On this dark night of the soul
Am I making myself
Perfectly clear
Get me the hell outta here
Run for my life
’Til I’m outta breath
In the valley
Of the shadow of death
Deliver me home
To the ones I hold dear
Get me the hell outta here
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7. |
Mirabella
02:45
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MIRABELLA
John Soeder
© 2011
Mirabella
I can see it in your eyes
Mirabella
You’re walking on thin ice
They’re sharpening
The guillotine
You shouldn’t brush your teeth with gasoline
Mirabella
I can see it in your eyes
Cue the sunrise
Now it can be told
When you said goodbye
It was front-page news
Above the fold
I hope I never get old
Mirabella
You know just what to do
I’m the fella
You’ll come running to
A gun for hire
Unfriendly fire
You shouldn’t braid your hair with barbed wire
Mirabella
You know just what to do
Cue the sunrise
Now it can be told
When you said goodbye
It was front-page news
Above the fold
I hope I never get old
Mirabella
I can see it in your eyes
Mirabella
You’re walking on thin ice
Cue the sunrise
Now it can be told
When you said goodbye
It was front-page news
Above the fold
I hope I never get old
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THE DAY THEY REMAKE JOHNNY SOKKO
John Soeder
© 2011
Déjà vu
I’ve seen it all before
Déjà vu take two
I can’t take it any more
Please understand
I’m not a violent man
But the day they remake Johnny Sokko
Is the day I burn Hollywood down to the ground
Loot the past for fun and profit
Nothing is sacred
A force-fed feast of leftovers
Originality is dead
I don’t want no trouble
But I’m sick of seeing double
The day they remake Johnny Sokko
Is the day I burn Hollywood down to the ground
They’re rebooting the reboots
Let’s boot ’em out the door
I’ve seen the future
And I’ve seen it all before
Please understand
I’m not a violent man
But the day they remake Johnny Sokko
Is the day I burn Hollywood down to the ground
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9. |
Middleburg Dub
03:25
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THE FLOWER IN THE CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK
John Soeder
© 2011
See the flower in the crack in the sidewalk
It’s a ray of sun on a rainy day
If you fall through the cracks
Don’t look back
You’re the flower in the crack in the sidewalk
When I woke up this morning
Tried to read between the lines on my face
But the mirror was cracked
So I just smiled back
I’m the flower in the crack in the sidewalk
If you fall through the cracks
Don’t look back
You’re the flower in the crack in the sidewalk
The grandest bouquet
Is no match any day
For the flower in the crack in the sidewalk
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