What's the Use
from Trite by Vern Oldham
lyrics
Sometimes you watch for evil.
Sometimes you watch for me.
Sometimes you watch for people
With no consideration for what you see.
Sometimes you hear only evil.
Sometimes you listen for me.
Sometimes you only hear those people
Who only tell you what you want to hear.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
Sometimes you lack emotion.
Sometimes you lack your mind.
Sometimes you haven't a notion
To what's okay and what is not time after time.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
Sometimes you watch for me.
Sometimes you watch for people
With no consideration for what you see.
Sometimes you hear only evil.
Sometimes you listen for me.
Sometimes you only hear those people
Who only tell you what you want to hear.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
Sometimes you lack emotion.
Sometimes you lack your mind.
Sometimes you haven't a notion
To what's okay and what is not time after time.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
And you wonder
What's the use of that?
It looks like life's a little flat.
credits
from Trite,
released January 1, 2001
All music and performances by Vern Oldham
All music and performances by Vern Oldham
license
all rights reserved
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Jul 2011 -
Nov 2007 -
Jan 2001
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