If you want to ride your bike
over the hill while you sing a song, it's aright
You could sing out anything you like,
jump up and down while you sing a modern country song
Burn like a candle to the other side,
without going out, because you’re not so small anymore.
Sail like a bullet on the firing line,
face towards the ground until you find another angle.
Hey yo, I said, “don’t want to make sense of it all”
No never said that you could
Hey yo, not best to want to make sense of it all
Even in Vallejo
At night
Root for a pitcher, and his name's CC,
I don't know him but my cousin does, that's my boy
And for the center fielder Coco Crisp,
name like a treat and his feet are moving everywhere
Say we know a guy who never gets paid,
works for fun, lets the camera roll all day
And set out in the summer night,
watching a movie by the fire with the fireflies
Got a heap to do, but it can wait,
my friend’s got a house in need of some love and paint
I’ll come over in the afternoon,
work for a while, have a beer and take it slow now
Hey yo, I said, “don’t want to make sense of it all”
No never said that you could
Hey yo, not best to want to make sense of it all
Even in Vallejo
At night
It’s alright
Oh, don’t want to make sense of it all
No never said that you could
credits
from FADES,
released June 29, 2018
Singing: Jessie Stoddard
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