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Straight Up Clever

from Tai Shan Reflections by Tai Shan

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I wrote this song in response to a very busy week.
Its important to just keep your head above the ground.

lyrics

Tracing the lines of the times in my mind when I should have been there
When I could have done something if only I had dared
Now I fumble my words and swallow the years that I could have tried
Etching out a smile just to pay for the pride

Chorus:
I gotta get it
Gotta get myself together
Got to be wise got to be bold got to be
Straight up clever


All of the days that you wasted away
When you could have tried
Scared of the dream you choose to survive
Every single day every word you waste every dream that you taste
Maybe you could put it all back together

Bridge:
Just keep your head above the
Just keep your head above the ground

I can’t get, get ahead take a step, say a word in edgewise sometimes
Its hard to swim in the paper-thin world that we’re living in
But keep your head on your shoulders and your shoulders to the sky
Listen to the little voice singing inside
Twisting your turns and spinning your words out of focus just notice you

Chorus

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from Tai Shan Reflections, released August 8, 2010
Tai Shan

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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