Story Behind The Song
Was trying to think of a way to ask the question, "What am I for?"
Song Description
Asks the question: "What Am I For?" discribes other things and what they are for, and still wonders, "What am I for?"
| Song Length |
4:10 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Folk - Cajun |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Troubled |
Subject |
Existence, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Ryan Adams, Bo Diddley |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
"What Am I For" by ed englerth
I look at the rocks around me
Round n' flat on this shore
The ocean beats them all day long
Is that what this rocks are for
Wheat grows in the fields
Soak up the rains that pour down
Photosynthesis, with heads for food
Is that what this wheat is for
* //: what am I for? ://
I wake up as the trucks roll by
The network news tries to entertain
The artist sweats n' strains to speak
Seems every other days the same
I'm just trying to stay sane
I take that back, I don't try that hard
And the odds get even, it's a game of cards
I just smile as I fall apart *
(bridge)
What am I for? What am I for?
The door swings the vacuum cleaners suck
The earth spins and I've had enough
(quietly)
Twelve and thirty-nine are fifty-one
The flowers in the fields love the sun
Trash is stuff that gets thrown away
Will I be like that someday? **