This Business of Art lyrics

dignified in what she does when she sings
the smile that she brings to all of you unaware
of what's to come i said tell me what's to come
green is the color of my envy
it's the color of fame
so i'm gonna write it down to scream it out
& i'm never gonna be the same again
fear is the color you've all exposed
now i gotta get up here
& prove the importance

you've got your lights turned so they can see it:
the very best of what you've got to offer
tell them what your hands were made for
tell them who your mouth was made for
you've got your prophets and your mathematicians
the vocal fuel of our generation
tell me what my hands were made for
tell me who my mouth was made for
please don't be mad at me
you get what you ask for
come on

stand up sit down baby
gonna be a formal dress down hey day
we decide why not go downtown
how about you and me we go get wasted
you'll have, you'll have to excuse me
please please, please excuse me
you'll have, you'll have to excuse me
this will be my first time
by definition from grade school to English 30
we quietly become strong so early
take it or leave it they can't believe it

It’s not far to go, it’s not far at all,
It’s not far to go, you’re not far at all
Pools out back waters so cold
There’s not much said that I don’t know
The difference between frozen hands and feet
You come right out and you ask me
No body ever asks me
Only you come and ask me
In the pool out back, water to my chest
Towel lying in the grass

showers pounding out a new beat
I trade my old shoes for new feet
I grab a new seat
I don't like the one I got the fabric's wearing through
and it's wearing me out
you're wearing me down
watching old baseball games and low budget telethons
ain't like watching you yourself when you yourself is on
got time to wander to waste and to whine
but when it comes to you

shoulders of perfection let them drag you
straight across and tell me
have we found perfection are we finally lost and
I'm staring from a distance
why don't you come get a closer look
I can guarantee that lickin' the package
ain't ever quite as good
so they're looking for a new face with a voice to go along
I can tell you right now that ain't my style
I don't do no sing alongs

had a bad day
as bad as they come
time to get a real job
you gotta stop having fun
so i so i gotta real job
i'm workin nine to nine
i'm makin five bucks an hour
'til the day i die

got a strong side of me
and it's feeling just fine
got a strong side of me
with the strongest line

and i'm one third passion
and i'm two thirds pride
i said i used to have a life once

freedom & blood
i make my mark & fight for tomorrow
finally i've got something
something i can raise my voice for
fine tell them who you really want
fine well you'll get yours & i'll get mine
proud i'm proud to be proud to see
they said proud
i'm proud to be proud to be me
they said tell me oh you've got to tell me
freedom's rough

one time in your life
you've got the route in hand but the map is stuck
they said it's
not your fault the tires are tired the camera moves
& your driver's been pulled
& i, i have always felt this
& i, i could never hear it
so i turned it up and turned it on
& turned it down
always the volume always the words
review the press & tell it like it is

here the lights fall just as hard a bit softer in the stall
it's not really wrong it's not really right
I'm wide awake
she's upfront upshot upstart up in every case
the kind of girl that whispers thank god for you
oh yeah all you got/need is me
her confusion is in the night that I stumbled
it's in the morning that I that I struggled
because I start to forget but she will always remember

I cant believe ive let you in
and now here i am telling you that im sufficating agian
just like the drugs you are keeping me
i felt sharp deep cuts underneath my socks before i lost much blood
Around this world will I be enough
From the liquior stores to the train stop floors
your filthy room your drama blues
im nothing if im not with you
always right always wrong