For The Love Of Song, by Fat Boy Jamz

For The Love Of Song

by Fat Boy Jamz

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1.	The Best Of Me 02:10	lyrics	buy track
I don’t like saying things And being ways that might hurt you I do like being savvy and often laughing To always show the best of me Sometimes there’s a reason And I don’t always know what it is And other times, there’s no reason at all Let’s show the best of me Maybe there’s a moment For me to share A kind and gentler moment For me to declare Nothing but the best of me BREAK But, I can’t always see it When my eyes are cried out And I can’t often feel it If I’ve thrown in the towel Only going for the best of me In another moment or two I’ll be better able To handle this grief In another moment or two I won’t let it Get the best of me Saying things That make you think I’ve lost all hope in life This makes me seem I’ve all but lost my mind That’s sometimes the best of me BREAK No clearer answer To me Than sharing my feelings And hoping to change Everything For the best of me
2.	Good Days And Bad Days (But Mostly Bad Days) 02:55	lyrics	buy track
There is something That is missing A lot of things actually Like most everyone I know that life Has thrown us a curve ball And that things just aren’t All that great And if I told you That there’s a better day I’m not so certain that I Told you the truth As I age I’ve Come to the conclusion That more or less Life as I know it Just plain sucks It’s not about being positive Or about being indifferent It’s the middle of the road That makes me Want to give up And if I told you That there’s a better day I’m not so certain that I Told you the truth BREAK Of course In the scheme of things No one lives forever But I’m trying real hard not to Cry a river or give way In the end What will have mattered More than anything Is how much I Ioved Versus what I hate And if I told you That there’s a better day I’m not so certain that I Told you the truth
3.	Prevailing Thoughts On The More Important Stuff 01:55	lyrics	buy track
I walked out And took a train To a place I wouldn’t go to again And I stood out Like a sore thumb That needed time to make sense Of this world And I stood up Just like a man To take my licks and Start over again Oh, I grew up And played my hand Only to remind myself that it’s Love that always wins BREAK No matter what I cannot stand The powers that be Pushing me around I then believed And changed my ways Only to witness that It’s freedom that stays
4.	For The Love Of Song (Just Take Your Meds) 02:17	lyrics	buy track
There was once a man Who was wildly yearning To break down stigma And say the things he needed to say And all of that meant something To a world that is hurting Although nobody actually heard his pleas Or silent screams It was simple. A mission so central To the raising of awareness He wanted to convey But that didn’t matter His 7 psych meds a day and lots of chatter All in an effort to say Just take your meds Just take your meds Just take your meds All in all, we each do our best To live up to what is our image But I am unconcerned about those things Just take your meds Just take your meds Just take your meds In a world that has gone insane A world that is insane Just take your meds Just take your meds Just take your meds
5.	30 Minutes, Therapy, And That Is It 02:59	lyrics	buy track
Delusions have all but destroyed several aspects of my life This is an awakening of sorts But not really, as I’ve been here before And I doubt I’ll be able to do much about it I’ve said it takes less than 30 minutes per day To help me get my life to a good place 30 minutes of energy I don’t have And that is it Most people do these things with little to no effort I, on the other hand, contend with 7 psych meds and an illness that won’t let up Treatment resistant to a degree, absolutely This is true Suicidal thoughts? Yes, but why when I have a good life? Despite some good fortune I want to die Will I do anything about it? Not now, not today, not ever I just have to deal with ongoing invasive thoughts And that is it I’m the part of society that you don’t want to look at I’m the sliver of individuals who must have done something to get to where they’re at Let’s not look in my direction for too long for we might “catch” it Let’s move on BREAK But, let’s not pretend 30 minutes and I’m in a good way But, it’s 30 minutes every day that I can’t make myself have Even though I have it It might be time for more therapy
6.	A-OK 02:23	lyrics	buy track
So, there’s an answer to your plea that you’re making And, I think that you need more time You wanted only to share your world With another, with a lover And that’s fine That’s perfectly fine That’s A-OK Good deal You hoped that time would stop And you’d be through With your feelings and your demons But, things don’t always work that way And that’s fine That’s perfectly fine That’s A-OK Good deal You have to earn your way And then burn your way In the passing of time You’ve got to let it go and let it show And that’s fine That’s perfectly fine That’s A-OK Good deal It doesn’t matter, no life Ever seems to be shining all the time Without some amount of crying BREAK I guess that’s all it takes A reason for your infinite mistakes That might find you, it might surround you So, here is one And that’s fine That’s perfectly fine That’s A-OK Good deal
7.	Getting Enough Sleep Is So Underrated 02:06	lyrics	buy track
I want to sleep and be well rested This game I play where my sleep is maladjusted Just isn’t doing anything to help matters at all I know where the places are that I struggle I know there can be a sweet revival But, right now, it doesn’t feel like that time is near I want it to be here I don’t want to do these things I can’t get myself to do these things I’m a shell of a human being What am I to say? There is so much I leave on my plate I want to feel again To know what it feels like to be 21 That and I’m only 49 There has to be a better way A better place, a better time But, I don’t think there is I’m blinded by what feels like the end I don’t want to do these things I can’t get myself to do these things I’m a shell of a human being BREAK I don’t want to do these things I can’t get myself to do these things I’m a shell of a human being
8.	The News 02:17	lyrics	buy track
Every day back in the day My dad had the news on And as far as I can tell There was nothing good about it Nothing redeeming about it It didn’t uplift nor was it mellow I guess times haven’t changed I guess lives have remained the same What your born into often requires truth For me, I choose not to have the TV on Except for those rare times with my wife and I I treat the news pretty much the same So many lives ruined So many lives incongruent With all the things on the tube It’s a shame When will we as a species, give it up completely? I know I’ve done it and so can you The politics of choice Really have no choice If you want to be happy Here’s your cue For me, I choose not to have the TV on Except for those rare times with my wife and I I treat the news pretty much the same So many lives ruined So many lives incongruent With all the things on the tube It’s a shame
9.	Flat Ego 02:10	lyrics	buy track
I am happy to say That little gets in the way More than my lack of ego Some of me wants to be heard But, most of me doesn’t care what it’s worth I only want to have a bit of ego Not excited to say That no matter the day I do not have much ego But, that’s a problem to be solved For a lack of ego isn’t all That seems to be haunting me In any event I am going to vent To anyone and everyone who’ll hear it BREAK Not calling anyone out But, proud to be giving you all a shout To all of my people with flat ego Not calling anyone out But, proud to be giving you all a shout To all of my people with flat ego
10.	Better For Me 01:38	lyrics	buy track
Isolation A lot of us do it Isolation So many of us know it Isolation And it’s not too late It’s never too late You and I can Each make things better We can work to be more involved Be a little more evolved Do something more That makes total sense It’s just the way I see things Doing this makes me uneasy Getting out of the house At all But, I know if I don’t make a change Something to repeat and something that says I am trying my damndest not to know defeat BREAK I will get there Surely I can get there I’ll make it and be less isolated I’ll do better for me
11.	Good Days And Bad Days (With Some Good Days Too) 02:55	lyrics	buy track
When in the midst of a Mini crisis I stop to reflect on Everything Some people who do not know me Learn all about me Through my activism and Songs I do not sing And if I told you that Today’s a bad day I’m not so certain that I’ve Done everything It’s all good though I’m out in the open Versus being isolated And not sharing anything To each their own though I sort of wonder Whether I will share like this Ever again And if I told you that Today’s a bad day I’m not so certain that I’ve Done everything BREAK I guess it’s All been Said before Perhaps in a different Manner or way But, I am certain that My songs could take a bit For a few to process And some shy away And if I told you that Today’s a bad day I’m not so certain that I’ve Done everything
12.	It's Not Real 01:37	lyrics	buy track
Back to the drawing board I will go And back to back here’s another show And a song that I’m sure is gonna blow For thoughts and assertions to make sense It helps to have a good defense But it’s important to know too, that some ideas Are nonsense You see I’m not sure I ever made anything that most people liked I usually make spoken word To some’s undelight BREAK And I wished that things were different But again that’s not my fight I just want to speak my mind right now A kind of ‘real’ That some don’t like I just want to speak my mind right now A kind of ‘real’ that few ever liked

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released February 15, 2024

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