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Questions & Damn Good Answers

from February Album Writing Month by Charlie Crane

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This one is sorta about enlightenment through boredom. The last verse and bridge don't make it onto the recording for a couple reasons; first being that I forgot to record them in the backing track stage, and second that I don't know if I like the search being completed at the end of the song. It seems too openended and makes the point too obvious. But I'm not sure...maybe the song's point isn't conveyed through the rest of the lyrics? Comments please!

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i was lookin' at the sky today
it really brought me down
the sun never seems to shine round here
it's always in some other town

it was feelin' so slow today
a listless reverie
i almost climbed on an old boxcar
just to see where it would take me

i got as far as the station
when i was stopped in my tracks
and i felt a certain hesitation
and decided to head back

i was searching for a clue
i was searching for something to do
searching for a catalyst or some advancer
searching for questions and finding damn good answers

i was talkin' to a friend today
and i asked him to explain
he said everybody gets bored once in a while
even god on the seventh day

well i know this world is cryptic
and that nothing's as it seems
some say it's post apocolyptic
but i think that's a little extreme

i was searching for a clue
i was searching for something to do
searching for a catalyst or some advancer
searching for questions and finding damn good answers

so i went up to a clergyman
and asked him to give his take
he just compared me to adam and eve
and said ennui was my snake

idle hands are the devil's tool
you've gotta occupy your time
get some exercise out of the way
before you find you're past your prime

i tried to take his words in earnest
though i'm not a religious man
but i don't think the lord would burn us
maybe boredom's part of his plan

i was searching for a clue
i was searching for something to do
searching for a catalyst or some advancer
searching for questions and finding damn good answers

so i went back to my house to stay
and see what was on tv
but all i saw was so frivolous
nothing there could enlighten me

it was then when a voice of reason
suddenly became clear to me
i forgot about the seasons
and i smiled for i was free

i was searching for a clue
i was searching for something to do
searching for a catalyst or some advancer
searching for questions and finding damn good answers

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from February Album Writing Month, released February 28, 2005

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