Hey, Hey, Hey-Chris Smither

[ti:Hey, Hey, Hey] [ar:Chris Smither] [al:Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop ...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hey, Hey, Hey - Chris Smither [01:16.87]I am not a prophet [01:18.50] [01:19.01]I wouldn't be one if you paid me [01:21.75]But it doesn't take a lot to see [01:24.35]Just where you're headed lately [01:26.28] [01:26.87]Pretty soon you're gonna ask me [01:29.59]How come the life you lead [01:31.33] [01:31.85]Doesn't make you very happy [01:34.00] [01:34.68]Or satisfy your needs [01:36.54] [01:37.17]You talk about your needs as though [01:40.10]You know just what they are [01:41.81] [01:42.35]When in fact to really know them [01:44.21]Is like travelling to a star [01:46.71] [01:47.68]It takes so long you die along the way [01:51.00] [01:52.30]So I say hey hey hey [01:55.06] [02:13.67]C'mon siddown [02:14.69] [02:15.95]Let's talk about illusion [02:18.32]How everything is made of it [02:21.37]No wonder life's confusin' [02:23.15]All this stuff we take for granted [02:25.88]So solid to the touch [02:28.48]Is just a concrete indication [02:31.03]That we love ourselves too much [02:33.53]But if we don't love ourselves you say [02:36.50]Who will Whatever for [02:38.59]I say that's a better question [02:41.35]Than the one you asked before [02:43.50] [02:44.23]But the answer is still just as far away [02:47.18] [02:48.70]So I say hey hey hey [02:52.56] [03:25.07]Let go of all of this [03:27.37]Forget about your reason [03:28.92] [03:29.67]You can leave it all behind you [03:31.70] [03:32.55]You can start another season [03:34.41] [03:35.07]All these silly little fictions [03:37.14] [03:37.83]Are gonna take you by surprise [03:40.15]When you see them in the daylight [03:42.91]And finally realize [03:44.15] [03:45.51]You told them to yourself [03:47.09] [03:47.88]Nobody else was listening [03:50.38]You'll be standing broken-hearted [03:51.98] [03:53.01]Like a disillusioned Christian [03:55.16] [03:55.95]With your mouth open but nothin' left to say [03:58.73] [04:00.21]So just say hey hey hey