Name: Picture of a Place
Duration: P00H03M07S
Description: Ever feel like kids and grown-ups have different pictures of the same situations?

Picture of a Place

by My Friend Christopher

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Ever feel like kids and grown-ups have different pictures of the same situations?

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I’m walking in front, you’re walking behind
Haven’t you heard of a thing called time?
You’re taking yours while mine is running out
You’re trying not to smile and I’m trying not to shout

I’m cleaning spilled milk and I want to cry
You filled my whole crossword with the letter Y
You didn’t get dressed like I asked you to
Maybe today I’ll go to work in my pajamas too . . .

So help me I’m trying to see the beauty
Trying to be a little less moody
But I need you to help develop this negative
Into a picture of a place I’d love to live

Sipping on a cup with a lid on top
A row of middle-aged babies at a traffic stop
Or sitting on a bench with a dog tied on
Looking down instead of seeing where the little one’s gone

Work late, get up early, don’t forget to brush
See me walking hear me talking in a rush, rush, rush
I see you staring, see you caring about the drawings you do
When was the last time I cared about something like you do?

So help me I’m trying to see the beauty
Trying to be a little less moody
But I need you to help develop this negative
Into a picture of a place I’d love to live

So help me I’m trying to see the beauty
Trying to be a little less moody
But I need you to help develop this negative
The best picture of a place is
One where I can see all of our faces
That’s a picture of a place I’d love to live

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released April 18, 2019
Written and Performed by MFC
Clarinet and backup vocals by My Brother Martin
Tuba by Jay Burr
Recorded live at Pine St. Studios, Hamilton

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Songs for kids and occasionally angry parents.

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