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I Want To Be An Artist
03:22
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"I Want To Be An Artist"
by Orville Neeley
I wanna be an artist just like you
Oh yeah, I wanna be an artist just like you
I wanna be an artist just like you
Tell me all about your process
'Cause I haven't got a clue
About how I'm gonna start
To even make some art
I'm just staring at a blank page
And all I've got is jealous rage
I wanna be an artist just like you
I wanna be an artist just like you are
I wanna be an artist just like you
But all I've got is jealous rage
All I've got is jealous rage
All I've got is jealous rage
I've seen a lot of art and thought
I could do that
So why haven't I?
What keeps me from pursuing
What I should just be doing
Don't I have the guts
Or is it just that the world needs
Cabinet makers and ride share drivers
Lunch-order-takers and charming baristas
Event coordinators and photo booth operators
To take photos at all of the events
I really just wanna be the star of my own show
Without having to work too hard for it
Is that too much to ask?
I wanna be an artist just like you
And to have self-confidence
I wanna be an artist just like you
And take calculated risks
I want so many things, it's true
And it's so painful to be so ambitious
Yet so clueless and unmotivated
Perhaps that explains all the jealousy
And the rage
So much jealous rage
Still I wanna be an artist just like you
I wanna be an artist just like you are
I mean, just look at what you've got
I wanna be an artist just like you
But all I've got is jealous rage
All I've got is jealous rage
All I've got is jealous rage
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Semi Precious Rock
04:58
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"Semi Precious Rock"
by Orville Neeley
Holding on for dear wife
My petty struggles never end
Dangling carrots of love
For one point five carats
Wrapped in precious metal
In my delusional
Circumnavigation round the globe
Of your affection
I've found it hard to
Get right to the point
I'm full of lust
I’m getting stuck
Hung up on the cut of some
Semi precious stone
Give up collecting
For just one Diamond
Semi precious stones
Neither power nor beauty
Are for us to own
Golding out for what's mine
I find I don't own anything
Obsessively blind
While mining traces
From feelings never expressed
In my delusional
Fixation on some detail
While ignoring everyone
I've found it hard to
Let go and have fun
Where is my lust
Have I been cussed?
I'm hung up on the cut of some
Semi precious stone
Give up collecting
For just one diamond
Semi precious stones
Neither power nor beauty
Are for us to own
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"I Wasn't Meant To Be Young"
by Orville Neeley
I’ve been spent since childhood
Wasting away til I could be old
I still don't get why time
Can’t keep up with my desires
Now it won’t slow down
Patience’ll rarely cross my mind
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
I’ve let go but it’s still a drag
And I've forgotten what I had
My dreams used to be so nice
Ones in which no rules applied
When I was twenty-one
I didn’t know just how dumb I was
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
I was not meant to be young
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"Destined To Be Your Sweetheart"
by Orville Neeley
This thing's not very accurate
So take the message
With a grain of salt
You got three weeks left
Of abundant opportunity
Take advantage of the timing
Only comes round once every
Eighteen years
You'll meet a long term collaborator
So keep your eyes peeled
Open up to new possibilities
And changing careers
Pay attention to your love life
You’ll meet the partner of your dreams
Remain open to new possibilities
And look out for me
‘Cause I’m destined to be
Destined to be your sweetheart
Destined to be
Destined to be your sweetheart
Your sweetheart
By god
That's an earful
It's a lot to take in
I’m charming
And thoughtful
A real catch to win
A new life cycle is starting
So where to begin
First of all I’ll say
The chorus could use
Some tweaking
And secondly before
Our resolve weakens
Let's have another zodiacal peek
At our intertwined destinies
We don't have to be in love
You just have to be in love with me
Looks like I’m destined to be
Destined to be your sweetheart
Destined to be
Destined to be your sweetheart
Your sweetheart
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Orvy Los Angeles, California
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
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