Things Look Bleak
from 5240 Volume I: Winter by Shawn Farley
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I started this in early March, when I had been unemployed for two months, and things were looking dire. I was making drastic plans to stem my own personal financial apocalypse.
A few days into working on this song, I got a new job. So, it's not as bad as it was, but I have a lot of catching up to do.
I was *thisclose* to doing all the verses with a Prince-style falsetto, but I chickened out. I think there's a take of me trying to do it, but I ain't playing you that.
A few days into working on this song, I got a new job. So, it's not as bad as it was, but I have a lot of catching up to do.
I was *thisclose* to doing all the verses with a Prince-style falsetto, but I chickened out. I think there's a take of me trying to do it, but I ain't playing you that.
lyrics
I never clipped no coupons like my mama did, but
Maybe it's time to start
I never worried 'bout whether or not something was on sale
Maybe it's time to start
Won't somebody save me
Save me from this nightmare
No matter what you're thinking
Certain roads are closed to you now
No matter what you're feeling
Certain roads are closed to you now
Yeah, 'cause things look bleak
I never put no money away into no 401K
Maybe it's time to start
I never really believed that a "rainy day" would come to be
Maybe it's time to start
It's time to start
Woke up again this morning
Awakened by the same old nightmare
All your careful best-laid plans
Weren't worth all the time you spent
It don't matter that you played fair
'Cause the game was always rigged
You never thought you'd wonder
Where your next meal's coming from
That was something for those "other people"
Who couldn't make it on their own
So now you're pushing 40
You're gonna be moving home with Mom
And you wonder how you lost control
And how the bad guys won
Maybe it's time to start
I never worried 'bout whether or not something was on sale
Maybe it's time to start
Won't somebody save me
Save me from this nightmare
No matter what you're thinking
Certain roads are closed to you now
No matter what you're feeling
Certain roads are closed to you now
Yeah, 'cause things look bleak
I never put no money away into no 401K
Maybe it's time to start
I never really believed that a "rainy day" would come to be
Maybe it's time to start
It's time to start
Woke up again this morning
Awakened by the same old nightmare
All your careful best-laid plans
Weren't worth all the time you spent
It don't matter that you played fair
'Cause the game was always rigged
You never thought you'd wonder
Where your next meal's coming from
That was something for those "other people"
Who couldn't make it on their own
So now you're pushing 40
You're gonna be moving home with Mom
And you wonder how you lost control
And how the bad guys won
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from
5240 Volume I: Winter, track
released 30 March 2009
Written/Performed by Shawn Farley.
Recorded in my apartment, except for "guest performers."
Esther Utley played didgeridoo.
Mo, Lauren, and Colleen from ZUM counted to four.
Thanks to all these ladies for their contributions.
Track 13 of 52 songs in the "5240" project.
Written/Performed by Shawn Farley.
Recorded in my apartment, except for "guest performers."
Esther Utley played didgeridoo.
Mo, Lauren, and Colleen from ZUM counted to four.
Thanks to all these ladies for their contributions.
Track 13 of 52 songs in the "5240" project.
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