Early pop song with folky story lyrics sung by James Higgins
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Story behind the song
Here's the link from Songcrafters.org to the development thread:
http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=1173.0
Backing track located there as well.
Lyrics
"Different Lanes"
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[lead intro]
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I come from a city where nothing is real
All are racing to see how much they can steal
Pushing and shoving it's dog eat dog
Mindless souls all lost in their smog
Finally had enough so I hit the road
Heading to the country where it's big & bold
House in the woods - now have time to think
How good it felt coming back from the brink
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....back from the brink....
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The peace at last I was looking for
Time to settle in - get back to my core
One day on a walk came across a trail
Followed it down to a house in the dale
There was this man sitting on his stoop
His house needed fixing - It looked like a coop
He was whittling away with a grin on his face
I had to ask him why he didn't fix up the place
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....fix up the place....
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[lead]
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....he says to me.....
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A house is a house and that's all it can be
But this whittlin' takes me places I could never see
And once this stick is carved to its destined form
I know it's something special that is out of the norm
The secret to life's not how hard you work
Or slaving 9 to 5 for some greedy jerk
You can't take it with you so why should you try
Just find that special happiness before you die
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.....my friend.....
.....my friend.....
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