Folk Song

Folk Song

Music & Lyrics by Drew Brody

i took my dad to breakfast before i caught the plane
i said: there’s something i need to tell you, dad
there’s something i should explain
there’s a certain special someone and it’s time i let you know
do you get me dad, do you hear where i’m trying to go?

now my father he’s a smart man, and he loves his middle son
he knows sometimes i do things
and sometimes i am undone
when he’s talking to his pancakes, he’s nervous i can tell
’till he looks at me through a tear in his eye and says:
son i know you well

and when you’re high you’re high
but when you’re low you’re low
you’re always asking “why?”
you’re never taking “no”
it’s a dirty world
what you gotta do
is find someone who’s gonna help you through it

i sat down with my mother for a talk in the backyard
she lay out in the sunshine as i lay out all my cards
i said: i really need you to know me
and this is what i do
do you get me, ma, do you hear what i’m saying to you?

she told me: life is lived by compromise, but you, you want it all
i don’t know if that’s your blessing, or if it’s just your tragic flaw
see i’m trying to understand you, but you’ve gone so far away
i worry for your safety
you know i worry every day

cause when you’re high you’re high
but when you’re low you’re low
you always need to climb
you never stay below
and it’s a dirty world
all i want for you:
find someone who’s gonna help you through it

you’ve been staying over now, for almost half a year
i have my favorite parts: your neck, your lashes
the inside of your ear
on the nights i sleep without you, i don’t sleep half as well
i’m shocked how much i need you
i’m shocked how hard i fell

now i’m careful what i ask of you so that i don’t get in your way
and though it’s not my constitution
i’m trying to take this day by day
although you haven’t said you love me,
you said perhaps you might
and now i think perhaps perhaps will get me through the night

cause when i’m high i’m high
but when i’m low i’m so low
there is no getting by
without some letting go
and it’s a dirty world
what i gotta do
is find someone who’s gonna help me through it

yeah, it’s a dirty world
but i’m making do
i found someone who’s gonna help me through it

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