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All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor Cover)

Some thoughts that have been percolating in my mind lately (cover photo:  photo of my halloween skeleton edited with a not to scale termite and silver spoon: adobe stock images)

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Vocals , Chords and Lyrics by Joe Stroffolino
Organ (playing my midi keyboard with sound from Logic Pro BeBop Organ)
Single Strum track  (playing my Taylor 114ce)
Second fast strumming track: PG music real track
Bass: PG Music real track
Piano:  EZ Keys2 (with sound from Native instruments Piano uno)
Drums: EZ Drummer 3
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They say that life is a test but not everyone’s dealt the same hand
Some are born into privilege, while others struggle through quicksand
We play the cards we’re dealt as we try to find our way,
Doing our best to keep our heads above water as we go about each day.
People born with a silver spoon in their mouths, they’re rich and the die is cast
Other’s get a wooden spoon, which the termites eat, and it’s struggle not to finish last
They say money can’t buy you happiness, but it’s hard to put a smile on your face
When the game is rigged and you can’t even get to first base.
How many billions do you have to accumulate before you’re just running up the score
At what point do you decide that you don’t need anymore
Telling rags-to-riches stories, so the common man believes it’s true,
“Keep those taxes off the billionaires cause someday that might be you.”
 People born with a silver spoon in their mouths, they’re rich and the die is cast
Other’s get a wooden spoon, which the termites eat, and it’s struggle not to finish last
They say money can’t buy you happiness, but it’s hard to put a smile on your face
When the game is rigged and you can’t even get to first base.
 Politicians smiling and acting like they share your blues,
But they’d collapse in a minute trying to walk a mile in your shoes.
Lottery tickets selling hope, though the odds are that you’ll never win
You’ve got a better chance of being struck by lightning than ever cashing in.
You’ll be paying off those loans for the rest of your life from that useless college degree
As the corporations implement AI trying their best to replace you and me
 The universe is billions of years old; we come and go in a flash.
We spend our short lives obsessing over cash.
 People born with a silver spoon in their mouths, they’re rich and the die is cast
Other’s get a wooden spoon, which the termites eat, and it’s struggle not to finish last
They say money can’t buy you happiness, but it’s hard to put a smile on your face
When the game is rigged and you can’t even get to first base.

Life Is a Test

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


ha!

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm

ha!


I'm slow to do anything. People don't change if they keep whining and complaining.
If then, then

何をするにも　もたついている
ぐずりなやみ続けても　人は変われない
なら　なら

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


I've gone a little too far and now I regret it. I keep obsessing over small things.
If then, then

少しやりすぎちゃって　後悔してる
小さなことに　こだわり続ける
なら　　なら


I'll keep painting your words, tomorrow's sun, with the brush of my heart.

君の言葉を　明日の太陽を
一枚描き続けるさ　心の筆で


I don't know, but I'll blow my dreams on the conch. 

A buzzard dances through the gaps in the trees. 

Don't get too impatient about where I'll 
end up.
Slow, slow

わかっちゃいない　夢をほら貝で吹いて
木々の隙間から　トンビが舞うさ
どこにたどり着くか　痺れ切らさないで
スロウ　スロウ

Even if I fail at the time, I want to live. My heart may not burn, but that's also part of the path.
 

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm









ときに失敗しても　生きていきたいんだ
心は燃焼しないことも道の上である

My words, the sparkle of yesterday, are confirming my hopes on the path to you.

僕の言葉を　昨日の煌めきを
確かめているのさ　君のもとへゆく道



The water I scooped up fell to the ground again. 


掬われた水は　地面にまた落ちて
掌の隙間から　光が溢れた
会いたい気持ちは　消えることはないさ
スロウ　スロウ

スロウ　スロウ

Light spilled from the gaps in my palm. 

My longing for you will never fade.


Slow, slow

Slow, slow

？螺？、
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no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


ha  ha  ha  ha!

no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm





ha  ha  ha  ha!



no  no  no   no   no
na  na   na   na   na
ya  ya  yaya   ya  ya  mmmmmm


year!!!

ha  ha  ha  ha!

ha  ha  ha  ha!

ha  ha  ha  ha!

Slow スロウ

I don’t know when
my heart began to loosen up again.
My body’s tight,
and I keep glancing back at where I’ve been.

I fall into the same routine,
holding on to what I know.

Tomorrow might bring sun or rain—
should I hand it all to fate,
or trust myself at last
and chase that landmark down again?

Wonderland Crisis
I dive into a shining sea of light.
Time drifts soft and slow,
and the waves keep shifting
the distance between us—
pushing us apart,
pulling us close again.

Even on a new-moon path,
there’s always just a little glow ahead.
After the rain, the grasses sway,
and tiny creatures start to sing.

We repeat the same old things,
but no two years are ever the same.

When the dawn breaks and the birds awake,
I let the waves decide or ride their crest.
The earth and sky
are singing all around us.

Wonderland Crisis
A farewell light spills over the corner of town.
Even a wandering butterfly
can throw the heart off course.
We chase what’s real—
endlessly, endlessly—
and I’ll set out with you.

Wonderland Crisis
I dive into a shining sea of light.
Time drifts soft and slow,
and the waves keep shifting
the distance between us—
pushing us apart,
pulling us close again.

Wonderland Crisis ワンダーランドクライシス

Somedays

On a long, sloping path, the sunlight beating down,
I placed my hand in yours—
It felt like we could go anywhere.
We who can’t become birds
Look up to them with longing,
But birds who can’t be like us
Take off into the sky, crossing borders,
Heading south—
Back to their homeland.
In the height of summer, pecking at berries,
Thinking we’ve gotten everything we wanted,
Yet still we look up at the sky today.
We who can’t become birds
Look up to them with longing,
But birds who can’t be like us
Take off into the sky, crossing borders,
Heading south—
To the ancient city they once called home.
From a rooftop in the skyline,
I looked out across the world,
Trying to find the direction
Of the place I belong.
Ah, ah…
Ah, ah…
We who can’t become birds
Look up to them with longing,
But birds who can’t be like us
Take off into the sky, crossing borders,
Heading south—
Back to their homeland.
ah  ah  ah
oh  oh  oh
.ah  an  oh


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