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lyrics

Downright Lazy

I convinced myself a long time ago
That I’ll never know
What it means to be an alpha-anything
A self-help reader, devout atheist or a blind believer
But I can’t help but wonder where I might have been
Had I not ceased to be an irritating over-achiever
In a sense you could put it to me
That I’ve betrayed my cautious roots
With an untypical false sense of economy

But everybody has a reason, has a motive, an excuse
Everybody’s had a plan they just could never execute
Everybody has a right
Everybody has a right sometimes to just be downright lazy

I convinced myself that I have never felt older
It could be my clothes, but it could just as easily be my odour
I still think I can get away with innocently flirting
It’s just a shame I’m overweight and over thirty
I convinced myself I’d rather
Stick pins in my eyes than further my career as a professional
Or socially expand my horizons
Beyond what I already know
They say it’s not what you know
It’s who you know
I convinced myself that an awkward silence
Is better than resorting to unnecessary violence
It’s good to get through life without a bone being broken
I still maintain it’s always good to keep your options open

But everybody has a reason, has a motive, an excuse
Everybody’s had a plan they just could never execute
Everybody has a right
Everybody has a right sometimes to just be downright lazy

Everybody has a right sometimes to just be downright lazy

Everybody has a reason, has a motive, an excuse
Everybody’s had a plan they just could never execute
Everybody has a right
Everybody has a right sometimes to just be downright lazy



Words and music written by Keith M Thomson
(c) 2013 All rights reserved

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from Inhale​.​.​. Exhale​.​.​. OK, Now You Can Panic!, track released July 15, 2013
Performed by:
Keith M Thomson – lead vocals/electric guitars/acoustic guitars
Marijana Hajdarhodžić – vocals
Wilco van Eijk – drums/percussion/vocals
Steve Nelson – bass/ vocals
Andrej Jakuš – trumpet
Ozren Žnidarić – tenor saxophone
Luka Žužić – trombone

Produced by Keith M Thomson & Robbie Nappholz
Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead, Keith M Thomson & Marijana Hajdarhodzic
Mastered by Andrew Thompson

Words and music written by Keith M Thomson
© 2013 All rights reserved

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The Penny Black Remedy are a London based band renowned for their energetic live shows and for their unique musical fusion of many different genres, including Folk, Americana, Punk and Ska. At the band's core is Keith M Thomson and Marijana Hajdarhodžić. TPBR have released three albums and plan to release the first of two compilations of acoustic recordings, studio outtakes and demos in Oct 2020. ... more

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