Name: If I Do
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Channel: Eric Kalenze
Description: "If I Do" is a song by gawker slowdown.

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gawker slowdown

songs from a twin cities basement

I'm Eric Kalenze, and Gawker Slowdown is the name I've given my little musical hobby. While I'm currently in a state of semi-retirement from music, I still write and play out occasionally. All songs on this site were written, performed, and recorded by me in my Twin Cities basement.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Charts

Peak #230

Peak in subgenre #22

Author

Eric Kalenze

Rights

2008, Eric Kalenze

Uploaded

January 05, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.9 MB • 320 kbps • 4:18

Lyrics

one of these days i'm gonna stop tellin
the same five stories i've been tellin for fifteen years
though i always thought they were leading me somewhere
all along, was running from the same fears
while i'm at it, i think i'll quit smokin
i'm too aware of the days it subtracts
but there's this thing in me, sometimes i swear it's broken
never seem to part with my useless acts

scared if i do
if i do
what'll be
left of me
if i do

one of these days i gotta slow down my boozin
makes me do things i wouldn't ordinarily do
but it helps put back some things i'm scared i'm losin
like the danger that once looked so good to you
put it all in a box and stow it in the garage rafters
next to all the memories i've already hidden away
just get on with the frustrated-ever-afters
like every other dog who's past his day

but if i do
if i do
who will i be
if i do

for all the heartache my mistakes have riven
as many times as we've had to go back to the start
one's distractions remind them they're still livin
really all that sets them apart