Things I Take For Granted - Larry Fleet

In the school yard when I was a kid I gave everyone my address, said, "Come on over," and it- It turns out that nobody did Swimmin' alone's how I spent my eighth birthday Sometimes it feels like I never got out of the water I never got out of the water, even though I did Sometimes it feels like everyone's lookin' at the surface And it's not happenin' on purpose But they're takin' things for granted again I'm learnin' to write my wrongs (learnin' to write my wrongs) And speak up when I feel like I'm not bein' listened to But some story entered my bones When I was too far young to know not to listen to What people say, 'cause (ah) everybody's feelin' the pressure (ah) Of a world that keeps tryin' to end us everyday Sometimes it feels like (ah) everyone's lookin' at the surface (ah) And it's not happenin' on purpose But they're takin' things for granted again Sometimes it feels like I never got out of the water I never got out of the water, even though I did Sometimes it feels like I never got out of the water I never got out of the water, even though I did Sometimes it feels like this world's got nothing for me Gettin' blind stares in return for what I give Sometimes I feel a (ah) thousand eyes lookin' down at the surface (ah) And they're watchin' me drown on purpose Oh, they're takin' things for granted again

My legs and my feet Have walked 'till they can't hardly move from tryin' to please you And my back is sore From bendin' over backwards to just lay the world at your door. I've tried so hard to keep a smile on a sad face while deep down It's breakin' my heart And as sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime Not knowin' if I've done my part 'Cause You Take Me For Granted And it's breakin' my heart As sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime Not knowin' if I've done my part.

Don't take me for granted, don't take me for granted, Hey boyfriend, I'm with you I'm right at your side wherever you want to go in life boy, I'm ready to go, I'll take the ride whenever you need my loving, It'll be reserved for you anytime there's a whole I'll be the fountain that fills you up but just. Don't take me for granted Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Make time for love and so will I I really wanna make this work I wanna see it through Forget me not, or I'll say goodbye

When I spoke what was on my mind I wasn't thinking of your heart I wasn't thinking when I said those things That landed us so far apart Now my world is ending With a chance remark You can't take love for granted And you look at me with your wounded eyes And I look back with fear There used to be such faith between us Now it's just not here And the door was slammed hours ago But it's still ringing in my ears You can't take love for granted It was a funny way to show I love you A funny way to care It's a funny thing to be without you As empty as your stare You can't take love for granted It's got its own free will It's got a mind of its own when it wants one And looks that can kill One day you're in heaven darling The next you feel like hell You can't take love for granted You can speak what's on your mind If you've got a gambler's heart You can be the truth incarnate You can shoot straight in the dark You can pull the moon down,baby With a lasso made of stars But you can't take love for granted No You can't take love for granted,no You can't take love

So guess I got old I was like trash on the sidewalk I guess I knew why Often it's hard to just sweet talk I was old news to you then Old news, old news to you then You, you were like glue Holding each of us together I slept through July While you made lines in the heather I was old news to you then Old news, old news to you then Fell for the ruse with you then Old news, old news to you then And I still see you when I try to sleep I see the garden, the tower, the street Call out to nobody, call out to me Chip on the shoulder, the dime in the teeth Now I can see how We were like dust on the window Not much, not a lot Everything's stolen or borrowed I was old news to you then Old news, old news to you then

Monday night Rowdy in the road outside I saw the gate coming down And smoke all around the south hill These last days Con-men controlled my fate No one is holding the whip And the oil won't stick But I will Now that a light is on Now that the water runs And the heartless are nearly gone No time to get it wrong Sunday end Ache for the sight of friends Though I've been safe in the thought That the line we walk is the same one Now that a light is on Now that the water runs And the heartless are nearly gone No time to get it wrong Sometimes it comes to this, no it's true This time, what comes of it, call it due I do, I do I do, I do Now that a light is on Now that the water runs And the heartless are nearly gone No time to get it wrong

First sight of the first good morning since you've been out of town First time any violet omens don't shadow me around So you want part of the great white tyrant, of ghost after ghost? Well, you won't stop, and I know you'll find it halfway down the coast You were never afraid of fighting, you blame an angry god And when you see the first sign of violence, you bear it all as hard When you held her son and wept, I just felt jealous most of all The best I had was near as bad as the sign of the rising fall Though we're only alive a short while So many beneath my feet All weather, you walk with me And you were off on a wandering mile I was holding a weak excuse I was heavy beneath blue Now you're off to Victor on his ladder to the sky And I'm left to sing it with you from my piece of the waterside And you sang for the lost and gone who were young, and deserving more And now I'm stood upright all night, ready when you come in the door Though we're only alive a short while So many beneath my feet All weather, you walk with me And you were off on a wandering mile I was holding a weak excuse I was heavy beneath blue All I heard Wait for the word You're coming with me

Kin of my kin, I rely on you Takin' me in when a wave runs me through As a shore I ever seem to sail to And I know, old heavinesses shake you Maybe I stayed lIttle long, could be I needed shade, sand on my feet And it's some new ailment is in me Can't divide what's memory and what's dream Afraid of the empty but too safe on the shore And 'fore I forget me, I want to record While I see it all While I see it all All I remember walking shoulders hours speaking I remember meeting Clementine and weeping I remember Prine, I remember you After word of Berman I remember Pfeiffer burning I remember hoping, I'd remember nothing Now I only hope I'm holding onto something Now the quarter moon is out Now the quarter moon is out