Kenny White - Gotta Sing High lyrics

you sit there all day putting meaning into songs if you're looking for a hit, you're going about it all wrong all that psychobabble and mouthfulls of clever i'll tell you when you'll hit the charts…how about never? well i have studied on this and my calculation's true here's a little tip that could work for even you you gotta sing high, then even higher gotta look sensitive, mess up your hair but not like you meant to, sing things like ‘you're beautiful' and then repeat the line. and then repeat the line. repeat the line you're not getting any younger, you're sure no pretty face you got like, what, maybe a dozen friends on myspace? you lost all your blue-collar credibility you google your own name, you get kenny rogers or kenny g no, the way i see it, you got one choice to make right now you're caught between a folk and a hard place you gotta sing high, then even higher gotta look sensitive, mess up your hair but not like you meant to, sing things like ‘you're beautiful' and then repeat the line. yeah. repeat the line i'll tell you what you need, consider it a gift before the bra** ring is too heavy to lift you do what i say, get a nice looking band you'll soon have the critics eating out of your hand don't forget the breakdown who wants to hear your politics, you foaming at the mouth? forget about playing anywhere even near the south maybe out in oregon they're still hugging trees but here we'd just as soon not think about the world, so please if you feel you must spout off about your day could you do it in that pleasing, androgynous sort of way? and sing it up high. no…higher. sensitive. hair. you're beautiful, it's true. and then repeat the line. repeat the line. shawn pelton…drums marty ballou…ba** duke levine…ac & el guitar kenny white…piano, B3 angela reed, dee carstensen, amy helm, catherine russell…background vocals