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M.Ward - Story Of An Artist (Daniel Johnston), Discovered Covered (2004)
Lyrics:
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old
Some would try for fame and glory
Others aren't so bold
And everyone, and friends and family
Saying, "Hey! Go get a job!"
"Why do you only do that only?
Why are you so odd?
And we don't really like what you do.
We don't think anyone ever will
We think you have a problem,
And this problem's made you ill."
The artist walks among the flowers
Appreciating the sun
He's out there all his waking hours
How and who's to say he's wrong?
But the artist walks alone
And someone says behind his back,
"He's got some gall to call himself that!
He doesn't even know where he's at!"
And they sit in front of their TV
Saying, "Hey! Isn't this a lot of fun!"
And they laugh at the artist
Saying, "He don't know how to have fun."
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old
Some would try for fame and glory
Others aren't so bold
Everyone, and friends and family
Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
"Why do you only do that only?
Why are you so odd?
We don't really like what you do.
We don't think anyone ever will.
It's a problem that you have,
And this problem's made you ill."
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old.
Some would try for fame and glory
Others like to watch the world.
M.Ward - Story Of An Artist (Daniel Johnston), Discovered Covered (2004)
Lyrics:
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old
Some would try for fame and glory
Others aren't so bold
And everyone, and friends and family
Saying, "Hey! Go get a job!"
"Why do you only do that only?
Why are you so odd?
And we don't really like what you do.
We don't think anyone ever will
We think you have a problem,
And this problem's made you ill."
The artist walks among the flowers
Appreciating the sun
He's out there all his waking hours
How and who's to say he's wrong?
But the artist walks alone
And someone says behind his back,
"He's got some gall to call himself that!
He doesn't even know where he's at!"
And they sit in front of their TV
Saying, "Hey! Isn't this a lot of fun!"
And they laugh at the artist
Saying, "He don't know how to have fun."
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old
Some would try for fame and glory
Others aren't so bold
Everyone, and friends and family
Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
"Why do you only do that only?
Why are you so odd?
We don't really like what you do.
We don't think anyone ever will.
It's a problem that you have,
And this problem's made you ill."
Listen up and I'll tell a story
About an artist growing old.
Some would try for fame and glory
Others like to watch the world.
