Minus Two

[00:09.35] In 1981 I was minus two
[00:12.33] dreaming of the things I was gonna do
[00:15.07] when I got up the nerve to exit out the womb
[00:17.77] I'd open up my mouth and I'd be singing to the room
[00:20.75] la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:31.96] and every single day until a day last week
[00:34.76] when I closed my eyes I would be singing in my sleep
[00:37.66] picture perfect songs for all the world to keep
[00:40.46] but when I raised my head I thought I'd never sang a
[00:42.62] la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:48.99] and now the day is over just as it begun
[00:54.53] so lets all sing the song for things that we have done
[00:59.25] and things we haven't done
[01:01.24] in 1991 when I was only eight
[01:05.78] my father sat me down and said someday
[01:08.73] you will write a song a song so great
[01:11.43] it will save the lone star state
[01:14.14] so here's a tape recorder
[01:15.70] here's a microphone
[01:17.18] chronicle the songs
[01:18.47] you sing when you're alone
[01:19.82] and thank the lord above
[01:21.13] for the gift he's bestowed
[01:22.82] now open up your mouth
[01:24.01] and sing until you're old
[01:25.59] la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:30.50]
[01:43.31] but expectations are so high
[01:45.93] and so I never go outside
[01:48.87] I sit inside my room
[01:54.45] I write a song and hit record
[01:57.32] on a portastudio 424 it's true
[02:02.92] it's all I do
[02:06.58] in twenty zero six I am twenty two
[02:09.50] dreaming of the things I am gonna do
[02:12.20] when I get up the nerve to exit out my room
[02:15.03] I'll open up my mouth and I'll be singing to ya
[02:17.36] la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:24.86] la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:31.49] la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:37.02] la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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