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Welcome to Today / Take Me Away

from Welcome to Today by David Jane

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Oh welcome to today you know tomorrow can wait
I’ve been counting on a prayer to get me out of my fate
There ain’t no lady let me love her before saying I’m strange
I tell ‘em I ain’t to blame, I’m a victim of change
But mean old mister wishes history was happening today
He ain’t seen the sun since he scared it away
And Mother Nature might take her things and hit a hotel
She’s taking the kids so better say your farewell

Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day
Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away

Oh I was chasing an angel when she led me to you
And I’ve been kind of disappointed but I guess that you’ll do
Cuz you know beggars can’t be choosers I’ve been losing a lot
And who am I refusing my love, she’s all that I got
So I guess here’s looking at you kid if you know where that’s from
And if you don’t I won’t be saving you for a sum
Cuz life is too short and important to be wasting my time
On a love that’s even just a little short of sublime

So wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I’ve got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day
Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away

Oh when the saints come marching on the fourth of July
And there’s no country, God, or lover on whom you can rely
It’s easy to accept them, hard to deny
So baby take me by the hand cuz hell we might as well try

And if you offer me the world I’ll be taking the road
Though I appreciate the gesture I just want what I’m owed
Cuz there’s no reason to believe in all the grieving and pain
When every picture perfect paradise is painted in vain
And even you can see that lunacy has taken its toll
So goodbye to the asylum, it’s perma-parole
Where you can leave me dreaming peacefully alone with myself
And when consciousness kicks in I’ll be with everyone else

Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day
Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away

Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I got a half a cup of vanity to get through the day
Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh
I said a woo hoo hoo come and take me away
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from Welcome to Today, released December 4, 2020

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David Jane Toronto, Ontario

David Jane is a singer-songwriter from Toronto, Canada.

David has and continues to indulge himself in music, film, writing and all forms of cultural expression, channelling influences as varied as classic hollywood, hip-hop, philosophy, rock, literature, anime, theory, visual arts and modern pop into the attempted comprehension of his own life and the world around him, fuelling his art. ... more

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