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Why Can't I Just Get Along?

from Burning Down The Underground by Tyler Jakes

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Why Can’t I Just Get Along?

My petticoat blew open, so he stuck the dagger in
And said, “Welcome to America, good God where have you been?”
I missed you at the seminar when we all went to get cured
I’d tell you how I’m feeling now, but I can’t afford the word

Why can’t I just get along?

I used to know the land I’m walking, I used to know the air I breathe
But these days I don’t know much of anything, lest they say I’ve got the need
All I wanted was an explanation, but that’s too much to ask
Of these condescending puppeteers behind the drunken masks

Why can’t I just get along?

See them flaunting their nickels and dimes across the panorama in their minds
In the barcodes of their primes with nothing to prescribe
The truth hurts, but it’s all I’ve got
I don’t hide, ‘cause I never get caught
I don’t care if they like it or not
I only want to feel
I only want to feel
I only want to feel that I’m alive

Why can’t I just get along?

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from Burning Down The Underground, released November 1, 2010

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Tyler Jakes

Tyler Jakes is an independent singer-songwriter/producer with an eclectic variety of influences ranging from garage rock to folk to punk to blues. His music has appeared on TV shows such as Deadliest Catch and Survivor, and his songs have charted multiple times in the Top 20 on U.S. terrestrial radio stations. Pulse magazine says, "Jakes is intent on laying down some truly dirty rock and roll." ... more

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