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Doing It For Us

from This City by John Pippus

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I’ve got to get direction
I’ve got to take you on
Not hide behind the details
Of who was right and who was wrong
I’m going to be a better man
But not because you said
I’m doing it for us instead

I’ll give up half the drinking
But not the necessary lies
I’ll show you where my heart is
And I’ll look you in the eyes
I’m going to be a stronger man
But not because you said
I’m doing it for us instead

Your silence tells me more than I need to know
If I call I’m scared you won’t pick up the phone

I’m going to be a wiser man
But not because you said
I’m doing it for us instead

I fill all my notebooks
With these fevered, scattered lines
While you fill all my waking moments
And my distracted mind
Not going to be a Superman
Just going to be myself
I’m doing it for us instead

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from This City, released June 6, 2009
Words and Music: John Pippus

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