Name: The Simplest Thing
Duration: P00H04M29S
Description: The drive to work to earn some crust, the wants turned to needs and the needs to must. But then the simplest thing, it breaks the wall of hardened skin.

The Simplest Thing

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The drive to work to earn some crust, the wants turned to needs and the needs to must. But then the simplest thing, it breaks the wall of hardened skin.

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Another day, Another dollar
And still I don't know whether to spit or swallow
The drive to work to earn some crust
The wants turned to needs and the needs to must
The traffic laid out before me in a stutter
We're chained along behind each other
Hands on the wheel, but the hands don't turn
My mind aches dully where it used to burn

But then the simplest thing
It breaks the wall of hardened skin
The tired eyes, they quicken to alert the soul -
Is there hope within this after all?

A few notes of a chord
A reflection, an idea, a light, a forgotten word
But the tired mind
My hired much maligned mind
Keeps on coming back to me
Keeps on coming back to me

What else could I be
Another boat in the sea

Travel the same roads each and everyday
Theres a groove in the road through repetitive play
My eyes catch on a distant plane
A passing lorry rattles the window pane
Return to the scene, the radio chatters
The newsman pretending something matters
Distant violence, pestilence, drought
While the traffic congests at the roundabout

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from The Simplest Thing, released May 16, 2014
Written, performed, recorded & mixed by Stephen Ellis

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The Simplest Thing UK

Was in numerous bands some years back. Gave it all up. Now started writing songs again. But solo. And with a perspective that reflects an increase in years and the inevitable onset of responsibilities.

Hoping to create something worthwhile. Hoping to have a voice which deserves to be heard. ... more

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