Do What You Want

from Billy Cross's Daughter by Menhirs of Er Grah

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lyrics

Do What You Want.

Words and Music by Thom Carter. Copyright Verlaine Records 2010.

Take a little of my love when you come,
When you do, when you do,

And give a little of your time to those
Who give their love to you.

I don’t believe anymore in the things that I knew,
Or I thought I knew,

I just believe in the one thing that I want,
And that’s you, baby that’s you.

***

Do what you want, whatever makes you happy,
‘Cause time is never gonna stand still,

Do what you want, whatever it takes,
I just can’t take my eyes off of you,

You know how it feels, forever at the window,
Forever on the floor when you loose,

Believe me I’m a liar, but I can’t change the times,
I don’t wanna spend my life trying to prove,
What you already know is the truth.

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Call it what you want, I don’t care ‘bout definitions,
Or names, or even your point of view,

Nothing keeps its meaning like the meaning of change,
I can’t hold on to what I’ve been or I’ll do.

Tell me I’m a drifter, tell me I’m a prophet,
Tell me I’m a man if you choose,

I don’t care who you are, status is a mask,
That’s worn by fakers and actors like glue –
But I can’t wear it without things of you.

***
Do what you want, whatever makes you happy,
‘Cause time is never gonna stand still,

Do what you want, don’t even think about it,
I don’t waste my time thinking for you,

It’s other men’s flowers, smoke in the sky,
And what you need to know, you already do,

That the truth is a lie, so believe what you like,
All that matters is what matters to you,
All that matters is what matters to you.

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from Billy Cross's Daughter, released April 1, 2010

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