Song Description

This song is about how we as individuals and a nation consume too much.

Lyrics

Too Much

(want) too much, too much. (need) too much, too much.
(excess) too much, too much. (poverty) too much, too much.

Verse 1
From the minute I stepped in the store, it was calling my name.
The beautiful black suede coat, and a hat of the same.
I told myself, I didn?t need another coat at the back of my closet,
But, then I saw the sale sign, and that?s when I lost it.
My card it the counter, the receipt hit my hand.
Then, I looked out the window and saw a homeless man.
He doesn?t have a coat or a hat, nothing on his back.
Reality hit me, and my conscience attacked

Chorus 1
I?ve got more than I wanted, and more than I need.
But, I?m still saying that?s just not enough for me,
I?ve got too much, too much. I?ve got too much, too much.

Verse 2
You head off to work, you?re regular 9-5
But you get there at 5, then stay until 9 at night.
Got your house on a hill, a 2 car garage.
A beautiful family, and you gotta provide.
The house on the corner has all the nice new things.
That?s what you want, and that?s what money brings.
But, you don?t hear ?Mommy when?s daddy comin? home??
It?s a high price to pay, you blink and then they?re grown.

Chorus 2
You?ve got more than you wanted, and more than you need.
But, you?re still saying that?s just not enough for me,
You?ve got too much, too much. You?ve got too much, too much.

Verse 3
We feast on a menu that most reserve for Kings
Plates piled high with food and a choice of drinks.
We eat until we?re full, then we eat some more.
It just keeps on coming. It?s food galore.
But, look where that?s got us. Our clothes don?t even fit.
We?re addicted to something that we can never quit.
With how much we eat, there?s still a lot we?re wastin?
It?s such a shame. Our waste could feed a nation.

Chorus 3
We?ve got more than we wanted, and more than we need.
But, we?re still saying that?s just not enough for me,
We?ve got too much, too much. We?ve got too much, too much.

Crystal Campbell
Songwriter (ASCAP) ? 2003
TAXI # A-1705-1405
crystal@ccrystal.com www.ccrystal.com