Then I'll Be Smilling-Matt Nathanson

[ti:Then I’ll Be Smilling] [ar:Matt Nathanson] [al:Still Waiting For Spring] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Then I'll Be Smilling - Matt Nathanson [00:07.90]Trailed by a mess [00:09.75] [00:11.48]Of masking tape construction paper [00:13.34]And the best of intentions [00:14.18] [00:14.81]He tried to patch up every hole as he went [00:17.80] [00:18.67]Back and forth and back again [00:21.03] [00:21.97]And his friends half full of half concerns [00:24.17] [00:25.75]Embarrassed looks and tired words [00:28.29] [00:29.13]They burrowed deeper into the ignorant [00:30.92]Little lives they preferred [00:32.57]And he envied their distance [00:33.86] [00:34.65]Their lack of concern [00:35.56] [00:36.27]He thought [00:36.62] [00:37.66]Once I shed the whole of me [00:41.09] [00:44.97]Once I shed the whole of me [00:48.46] [00:51.41]Then I'll be smiling [00:52.12] [01:00.26]He cursed himself [01:01.80] [01:03.86]And his instinct to nurse [01:05.49]Every idea to health [01:06.73] [01:07.59]And all of the falls that he'd spent [01:09.79] [01:11.10]Trying to coax his name from the mouths [01:13.62]Of success [01:13.99] [01:14.57]He thought [01:15.00] [01:15.98]Once I shed the whole of me [01:19.47] [01:23.38]Once I shed the whole of me [01:26.91] [01:29.76]Then I'll be smiling [01:30.66] [01:32.01]They litter me with small awareness [01:33.75] [01:36.56]Then they ask if I'm good enough [01:38.59] [01:39.30]They litter me with small awareness [01:41.30] [01:43.82]Just to wake me up [01:45.10] [01:47.12]Why do the fools wake me up [01:50.21] [01:58.16]Once I shed the whole of me [02:01.60] [02:05.41]Once I shed the whole of me [02:08.94] [02:11.88]Then I'll be smiling [02:12.75] [02:14.09]They litter me with small awareness [02:16.20] [02:18.67]Then they ask if I'm good enough [02:20.68] [02:21.48]They litter me with small awareness [02:23.60] [02:25.76]Just to wake me up [02:27.28] [02:28.72]They litter me with small awareness [02:30.89] [02:32.16]Then after all to ask if I'm good enough [02:34.82] [02:36.02]They litter me with small awareness [02:38.31] [02:40.60]Just to wake me up [02:41.70] [02:43.93]Why do the fools wake me up