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A Floating Life

from The Floating Life by Leadfinger

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The Floating Life (inspired by John Forbes)
(Written by Stewart Cunningham/John Forbes)

I wanted to survive, I wanted to get high, I wanted to invite, I wanted to incite,
I wanted just enough, I wanted to depart, I wanted to imbibe, I wanted to survive
I want to survive

With the justice of a rich man,
not the fortunes of a poor man’s tomb
And like a tinsel landscape
I’m walking past false doors
Through traffic lights and stop signs

I wanted to survive oh yeah
I wanted to get high, wanted to invite, I wanted to incite,
I wanted just enough, I want to survive and I wanted just to get by

Not the fortunes of a rich man, I’m not the equal of a poor man.
I’m Floating like a punch, a knockout sucker
Like the hue of your fake suntan
I’ve seen all the tough gestures
And souvenirs that don’t add up to nuthin much

All these things are portable, as for the rest
They can take these words and they can play them on the radio
They float through the air

It’s Floating life, A flow, I’m floating by,
A Floating Life, Floating,
I float through time
And then I just get higher
And then I’m gone away

Oh yeah, oh yeaah
And this is beautiful
It’s summer and the trees, I want it to survive
I got water running down the walls
and down the street, And down my steps
I want to survive, I want to invite, I wanted just enough
I want to survive, I want to survive, I want to survive and I
I want you to come back…sometime

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from The Floating Life, released July 20, 2007

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