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Pressures of the World
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Written as a buffer to insulate us from the pains of growing up. Pretty funny, even now.
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Paul Arenson is a sometimes singer, songwriter, teacher and political activist, born in NY, resident physically in Japan and Boston. Puccini and Seeger were bot
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Peak #140
Peak in subgenre #37
Author
Paul Arenson, words w/ Gary Poli & Charlile Rosina
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Paul Arenson
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September 08, 2006
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MP3 1.1 MB 160 kbps 1:12
Story behind the song
If you are down, take an elevator up!
Lyrics
If the pressures of the world get you down.....don't you cry Have a piece of apple pie or become a super spy Don't watch the worries of the world go by While all your friends are flying high Smoke a little pot and see what's not There's more truth there than anywhere Don't mope around with your nose to the ground Just stick it in your TV set. If the pressures of the world get you down.....don't you cry Stick a knife in your neighbor's back Hit him in the head with an iron rack When he's dead just grab his bread And buy yourself a yoyo Spin it up and spin it down Jump and skip all through the town Jump so high you fall through the sky And the moment that you land you're dead If the pressures of the world get you down.....don't you cry If the pressures of the world get you down.....take an elevator up
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