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Big Blue Ball

what gets it rolling

were you sitting around last night
watching solutions circle the world
hundreds at a time
to get them into our minds
would you have to whip out a chisel

I want to know what you know
and what you think of it
potential blood sucker born every second
life spent hording cash just to count it
then congratulations you win the biggest coffin

(refrain)
someday you’re gonna wake up dead
what are you going to believe in then
some say believe in yourself
maybe I should ask and what else

with your eye kept on the threat
something else will smack you upside the head
I want to have what you have
and what you’ll have with it
I can’t put things up high enough can I kid
you better learn to do what you’re told
or I’ll flash your life in front of your eyes
so many times it’ll get old

(refrain)

watch the big blue ball roll around again
baby I want to show you the world
but not some of the ideas on it

nobody can dig a pit that deep
unless they’re standing in it first
nobody should listen that close
yet avert from everything they’ve heard
nobody’s rock and hard place holds them together
sometimes the blood on my hands
might as well have been my own
forever

(refrain)

watch the big blue ball roll around again
baby I want to show you the world
but not some of what you’ve been born into

oh my god
what keeps it rolling

credits

from Jump Roping in Chains, released November 15, 2005
Engineered & Mixed by Harold Pederson
at Studio of Dreams in Mabel, MN
Mastered by Justin LeBreck
at JPL Records in Cary, IL

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Michelle Lynn Ptacek Decorah, Iowa

Here you will find Michelle's first five albums. She will soon record her history songs: The Inventors, The Explorers, and The Interrupted. Please sign up for the newsletter on her website for notifications.

Michelle owns an online education business and loves teaching in a variety of mediums about topics relevant to curious and passionate learners. ... more

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