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Count for Something

from The Gentleman Bandits by Stand Out Riot

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When I think about exactly where I want to be,
Then I look at where I am, there seems to be,
A great divide, a valley of panic,
One hundred voices screaming how important it is, that you
Live up to expectations,
Set your sights to the sky,
Don’t let yourself down,
And remember to apply,
Your skills to the challenge that we all call ‘LIFE’,
You have to progress if you want to make it right to the top

It’s the loneliest place we know,
And we’ll never work out why we go,
To such lengths to make us miserable.

Not saying we all should save the world,
But just be happy to accept,
We live our lives to the full and without regret,
And every little thing we do matters to someone,
It counts for something.

We set parameters to hamper our enjoyment,
Working targets, life goals, and full-time employment,
If we savoured every moment then we might feel something,
than just a dull sense of dread when the telephone rings.
“I’m off my track!” pipe down my boy,
Pursuing a career that you don’t enjoy,
and you’ll never understand that your employ-
Meant nothing to the friendships that you’ve destroyed.

It’s the loneliest place we know,
And we’ll never work out why we go,
To these lengths to make us miserable
Your ends don’t justify the means,
Another miserable face in the magazines
Of people feeling short changed.

We’ve got our youth, we’ve got our health,
And that’s the only kind of wealth we need right at this moment.
As for our future, we’ve got time to work it out,
But that’s not for now

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from The Gentleman Bandits, released January 3, 2011

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Stand Out Riot Manchester, UK

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