Give Me the Simple Life-Carmen McRae

[ti:Give Me the Simple Life] [ar:Carmen McRae/Mat Mathews Quintet] [al:Easily Stop Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Give Me the Simple Life - Carmen McRae [00:07.86]Written by：R. Bloom/H. Ruby [00:15.72]I don't believe in frettin' and grievin' [00:18.76] [00:19.40]Why mess around with strife [00:21.50] [00:22.61]I never was cut out to step and strut out [00:26.77] [00:27.59]Give me the simple life [00:29.00] [00:30.21]Some find it pleasant dinin' on pheasant [00:33.49] [00:34.00]Those things roll off my knife [00:36.26] [00:37.47]Just serve me tomatoes [00:39.54]And mashed potatoes [00:40.96] [00:41.66]Give me the simple life [00:43.62] [00:44.45]A cottage small is all I'm after [00:47.54] [00:48.29]Not one that's spacious and wide [00:51.16] [00:52.16]A house that rings with joy and laughter [00:55.81]And the ones that you love inside [00:57.94] [00:59.45]Some like the high road [01:01.88]I like the low road [01:03.66]Free from the care and strife [01:05.41] [01:06.40]Sounds corny and seedy [01:08.98]But yes indeed [01:10.30] [01:10.83]Give me the simple life [01:12.72] [01:43.57]A cottage small is all I'm after [01:47.54]Not one that's spacious and wide [01:49.93] [01:50.69]A house that rings with joy and laughter [01:54.39] [01:54.90]And the ones that you love inside [01:57.25]Some like the high road [01:58.97] [02:00.04]I like the low road [02:02.16]Free from the care and strife [02:04.11] [02:04.90]Sounds corny and seedy [02:07.62]But yes indeed [02:08.84] [02:09.54]Give me the simple life