Song Length |
4:01 |
Genre |
Blues - Country, Blues - General |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Gloomy, Annoyed |
Subject |
Frustration, Failure |
Similar Artists |
John Prine |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Verse#1
It's neither here nor there
But I could swear
I've been through this before
Can't say when, can't say where
can't say for sure
so I went and asked the Budda Man
Can you tell me what this is all about?
He said the only thing you need to understand
Is there ain't no easy way out
chorus
What's the use in trying?
I got a bad case of dejavue
Lord knows if I'm lying I'm dying
I can't seem to loose
these reincarnation blues
verse#2
once apon a time I was an outlaw out west
robbing stage coaches and trains
or maybe I was a war hero
with medals on my chest
or maybe I was just some dog on a chain
somewhere in the forgotten past
I could've been a sailor out on the sea
or maybe I was just some snake in the grass
maybe I was Adam Maybe I was Eve
repeat chorus
bridge
that bad carma is gonna get ya
nervona is just around the bend
you'd get there if they'd only let ya
but they turn ya around un ya through again
verse#3
could have been a fish in a fountain
could have been a bird in a cage
10,000 lifetimes and counting
now I'm really starting to feel my age
could have been a circus flee
or a manitee or posiblly Captin Kangaroo
maybe next time you could be me
and maybe I could be you
repeat chorus twice
ot a bad case of
chorus
What's the use in trying?
I g