Only A Song (Album)-Ben Sollee/Daniel Martin Moore

[ti:Only A Song] [ar:Ben Sollee] [al:Dear Companion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only A Song (Album) - Ben Sollee/Daniel Martin Moore [00:16.47]I wouldn't make a sound [00:17.77] [00:19.43]If I wasn't so angry [00:20.89] [00:24.51]I wouldn't be run [00:25.70] [00:26.60]If it wasn't so far to go [00:28.25] [00:32.67]I wouldn't keep on [00:33.88] [00:35.44]If there wasn't something [00:36.66]Worth keepin' [00:37.41] [00:40.53]I want to believe [00:42.03]That this mountain [00:43.28]Can be moved [00:44.68] [00:47.43]But this is only a song [00:51.01] [00:51.73]It can't change the world [00:55.14] [00:58.39]I get a little scared [00:59.80] [01:01.23]When I'm driving [01:02.01]Through the ghetto [01:02.95] [01:06.26]There's a part of me [01:07.25]That wants to hide [01:08.50]There's a part of me [01:09.35]That wants to move in [01:10.38] [01:13.92]Cuz even though I [01:15.52] [01:17.09]I grew up in the suburbs [01:18.90] [01:22.37]I didn't really grow [01:24.06]Until I learned [01:24.83]How so many others lived [01:26.74] [01:29.02]But this is only a song [01:33.85]It can't change the world [01:37.14] [01:40.44]I'm digging [01:41.33] [01:42.58]Digging deep in myself [01:45.34] [01:48.40]But who needs a shovel [01:50.20]When you have a little boy like mine [01:52.93] [01:56.44]This ain't the world [01:57.79] [01:59.32]That I want to give him [02:01.33] [02:04.25]People racing around in cars [02:06.26]And cities you can't even walk across [02:09.10] [02:11.60]But this is only a song [02:15.59]It can't change the world [02:18.89] [02:22.44]I been thinkin' about providence [02:24.08] [02:25.70]And craving a root beer float [02:27.38] [02:30.54]I didn't make these rules [02:32.43]But it's come time for us [02:33.91]To row this boat [02:35.12] [02:38.23]And on the horizon [02:39.43] [02:42.04]I see windmills sprouting up in rows [02:44.30] [02:46.56]There's young folks farming [02:48.50]And a few that're gonna vote [02:50.07] [02:53.60]But this is only a song [02:58.00]It can't change the world [03:01.35] [03:04.34]So I try why even sing at all [03:09.73] [03:12.78]I picture the Harlem Globetrotters [03:14.94]Dancing like mosquitos [03:16.29]With a basketball [03:17.51] [03:20.28]Cuz there is beauty in freedom [03:21.97] [03:24.13]And folks like me [03:25.45] [03:28.52]Came over on boats [03:29.81] [03:30.70]Flew in on planes [03:32.09]Crawled under fences [03:33.30]And fought wars [03:34.53]Just to find a place to be free [03:36.53] [03:39.69]But this is only a song [03:43.82]It can't change the world [03:47.31] [03:49.84]This is only a song [03:53.79]It can't change the world [03:57.38] [04:00.06]This is only a song [04:03.34] [04:03.97]It can't change the world