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Next Best Thing

Lyrics

 

K-12

Words and Music by: Todd Bauerle

Have you ever seen the world through my eyes.

Have you ever been walkin’ through the shoes in my life.

And you’ve never tripped on the branches that block my path.

And you’ve never swam the oceans within my soul.

 

And you sit there and laugh at me, and you stand there and laugh at me.

But I smile at the comfort that you’ll never ever be where I’m going.

 

And I’ve never seen your family.

And I’ve never been to your house.

And I’ve never cast a judgment ‘til you judged me.

Now I know what lies, what lies within your heart.

 

But I never stood there and laughed at you, while you stood there and laughed at me.

But I smile at the comfort that you’ll never ever be where I’m going.

 

Travel on back to your own world, but leave me here.

I’ll find my own way to the place I want to stay.

And I’ll ship all my clothes, but leave my plastic guns.

And I’ll never look behind to see what I left in the street.

 

And I just might like to go home again, just to see what they’ve been up to.

Maybe the doors are better left shut, I’m just to old to play on the swings again.

 

Travel on back to your own world, but leave me here.

I’ll find my own way to the place I want to stay.

And I’ll ship all my clothes, but leave my plastic guns.

And I’ll never look behind to see what I left in the street

 

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