Name: Politician
Duration: P00H02M38S
Description: A simple song I wrote in 2012 trying to be more clever than I am. A lot of wordplay inspired by the show I was doing at the time. Originally written on the ukulele and then re-imagined for acoustic and electric ramifications of Earl when the band received it well, which is the only song I've done that way.

Politician

from A Desperate Cry for Help by Matt Coggins

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A simple song I wrote in 2012 trying to be more clever than I am. A lot of wordplay inspired by the show I was doing at the time. Originally written on the ukulele and then re-imagined for acoustic and electric ramifications of Earl when the band received it well, which is the only song I've done that way.

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I've spent far to much of my life
Working hard on wasting time
I've been on my ass all day
I learn a lot that ruins my mind

Life is like a rickshaw
And we're pulling everyone behind
And our back's just screaming
But we tell everyone that we're doing fine

Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm gonna tell you the truth
Everything I saw is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think's all wrong
But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind

I wish I had amnesia
I'd forget before I forgave
And I remember wronging
People that don't even know my name

I don't want to sound complaining
But time seems like a waste of time
We spend our whole lives wondering
How the hell are we going to die?

Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm gonna tell you the truth
Everything I saw is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think's all wrong
But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind

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from A Desperate Cry for Help, released June 6, 2014
Lyrics and Music by Matt Coggins, other versions with Chris Ohmer and Tim Windy

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