It’s hard to compete when my self-esteem has got me sinking down and down and down and down
Everything I ever do is never good enough,
everything I ever write is never smart enough,
every song I ever sing is never good enough
and every friend I ever meet I’m never nice enough
But all you can do is learn a song and learn to stomp and strum along and hope and hope and hope and hope
That everything I ever do is gonna get better,
every book I ever read I’m gonna get smarter,
every song I ever sing I’ll get a little better
and every friend I ever meet I’ll get a little nicer
*and you are doing better than you know, and I should keep that in mind, every time I try and try and try, It only gets better.
You know it’s hard to say I just have this sense of something it’s behind everything
it is what we have to do so our voice will be heard there are so many thing in this world so many things that need to be changed.
So many things are wrong you can make your voice heard
you can stand up for yourself you can speak out on things people are going to listen people are going to hear you, you can effect change.
*and you are doing better than you know, and I should keep that in mind, every time I try and try and try, It only gets better.
credits
from Rolling Forward,
released October 5, 2012
Words and Music by Paddy Sperling, Matt Kerby and Feast Or Famine
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