Song Description
The stark difference between having the freedom to go anywhere and being left alone and old.
| Song Length |
3:41 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Poverty |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Around My World
It ain't much but it's all that I've got
It ain't much but it's mine
You don't care but the guilt says you do
You close your eyes, walk by and say you're fine
The city winter air rips through like shrapnel
No place to run and hide
So you hurry to your car and shut out the world
And you think in your mind you've tried
CH (2)
Do you want to go around the world
Do you want to go around my world
I ain't looking for sympathy, just looking for a good reason why
I'm living here in a cardboard kingdom, while you get on with your life
I got my my whole story I'm dying to tell, but you don't want to hear
Yeah, these aren't your problems, but maybe they are
And maybe that's what you fear
CH
A few years ago I was just like you, a few years ago I thought I had it all
I never knew I was dancing on a ladder, didn't think that I could fall
I was dancing on a minefield of decent and deception, be careful where you step
You're busy counting all your blessings, and I'm busy counting what's left
CH and out