Keep It Simple

Album: Keep It Simple (2008)
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  • They mocked me when I was singing the songs
    Trying to get back to something more simple than we have
    They mocked me cause I told it like it was

    Wrote about disappointment and greed
    Wrote about what we really didn't need in our lives
    Make us feel alive and whole

    Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
    And straight reality is always cold
    Saying something hard edged is off the wall
    And it might seem too bold

    Mocked me when it got out of hand
    Nobody tried to understand
    Now we got to keep it simple and that's that

    Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
    And straight reality is always cold
    Saying something hard edged is off the wall
    And it just might be too bold

    Well I'm down here on the running board
    Where I've been many times before
    But we got to keep it simple to save ourselves

    Mocked me when I tried to get back
    Said the train was completely off the track
    And we got to get back to something simple to save ourselves

    Whoa we got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
    Well got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
    Well you got to keep it simple, keep it simple just to, and that's that

    Whoa you got to keep it simple nowadays and that's just that
    Whoa you got to keep it simple nowadays and that's just the way it is
    And you got to keep it simple these days cause that's the way it is

    Well you got to keep it, keep it simple and that's that Writer/s: VAN MORRISON
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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