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Everyone Breaks Sometimes

from Pretending To Fly (fdm096) by Chris Anderson

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EVERYONE BREAKS SOMETIMES

who rolled the stone?
who loosed the chain?
who left it rusting in the rain?
who brought you up?
who knocked you down?
who gave you the runaround?

it's all small talk til the stakes are raised
and no one is here to blame you,
shame you, tame you, or defame you
but no one's here to praise you
just to comfort you

everybody feels the weight sometimes
everybody feels your pain
everybody breaks sometimes
that's just the way it is

who told you that you had to cop a smile
each and every day?
who told you that you had to walk for miles
and to think before you convey?

it sounds like a tall order now the stakes are high
and no one is here to take you down,
shake you down, break you down, or wake you
but no one's here to praise you
just to comfort you

everybody feels the weight sometimes
everybody feels your pain
everybody breaks sometimes
that's just the way it is

and sometimes the sky rips open
and sometimes the clouds collide
and sometimes you find you're hoping
for a better place to hide
and sometimes the wind is whipping
and sometimes it's blindly still
and sometimes you feel you're slipping
and sometimes you will

who cracked the cup?
who stole the crown?
who left them hanging in the old town?
who broke the silence?
who shushed the crowd?
just before they dropped the hammer down

it's all small talk til the stakes are raised
and no one is here just to praise you
it's all small talk til the stakes are raised
and no one is here just to praise you
it's all small talk when the stakes are raised
and no one is here just to blame you
no one is here just to blame you,
shame you, tame you, or defame you
no one's gonna take you down
no one's gonna shake you down
no one's gonna break you down
no, they'll never wake you
but no one's here to praise you
just to comfort you

everybody feels the weight sometimes
everybody feels your pain
everybody breaks sometimes
that's just the way it is

everybody breaks sometimes...

-4/13/05

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from Pretending To Fly (fdm096), released December 15, 2017

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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