Misc Originals – Bud - How Much Is Enough (Guitar)

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The clock keeps on ticking, years in a haze,

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We chase after numbers–a never-ending maze.

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More trinkets and ribbons, they pile up so high,

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But there’s a hollow inside that can’t be denied.

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How much is enough, man, that mysterious key,

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Will unlock the chains and let you be free

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A freedom of presence in the here and the now

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Giving you wings that lift you somehow.

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That hunger it gnaws, a fire in the gut,

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You keep on just grabbing, getting all can get got.

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Lost in that longing, your spirit’s ignored,

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Like a river keeps rambling, never gets bored.

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You gotta stop at some time and think about why,

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That inner sense of knowing, carved out of the sky.

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How much is enough, man, that's the crooked key,

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To unlock the chains and finally be free.

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Gotta draw that hard line in the shifting sand.

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Cause each fleeting moment will soon come to an end

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Step back from the race, the one no-one wins,

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Open your eyes now, see where it all begins.

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Like a diver with air, you can only carry so much,

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Gotta pace your descent, can’t ascend in a rush.

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The edges are marked, the borders bring to life,

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Each precious minute of joy and of strife.

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How much is enough, man, that's a question, which

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When answered clearly makes each moment rich.

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There’s nothing you take with you when you exit this life

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You just shed all those memories that may somehow survive