The Traveling Book

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Theme Song

Everyone's got one. Right?

This is mine. There is no question. I hear it and I know, even though I didn't write it, sing it, play it, that it is...about me.



I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette

What it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano

What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxicab...

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So...what's yours? I wanna know.

6 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiH9yXKSMVM

    And it's even better now, for all the eighties cheese AND the 40yo dancing around a bunch of 20yos...LOL

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  2. this is one of the songs that Mark says is about me
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_KbwEVBjU
    I've also heard that this one is appropriate
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYFKcMa_Ek
    but I usually say this one is my theme song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98

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  3. HA! 80's cheese! Both of you. Fabulous!

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  4. You probably know this one, but just to make it official:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg7HRcRvpxQ

    "As the water grinds the stone,
    We rise and fall;
    As their ashes turn to dust,
    We shine like stars."

    Before that song came out? This:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I

    There's a theme here. *laugh*

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  5. I have several.......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZQlu7J35jk&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi19gH6_waE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYOzL3cp5k

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  6. I forgot one of the most important......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8H926Hmaw

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