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Perfect for a While

from When My Baby Comes Around by Rod Johnson

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lyrics

I was a scrawny kid
Squinty eyes and pants too tight
Heart a thousand beats a minute
Never got to sleep at night

But now I'm fat and lazy
Never seem to move from my easy chair
Wish I could be different but without you
I'm not going anywhere
Ah, but

[chorus]
There was a time when everything was fine
There was a time when the stars aligned
There was a time when you smiled that smile
And I was perfect, for a while

I was born unlucky
Things never seemed to go my way
Until the day that I met you
And I knew it would be OK

But now my luck’s run out again
Now my sweet summer’s flown
Nothing much to do, nowhere much to go
Just sit here all alone
Ah, but

[chorus]

I was somewhere on the way from nowhere to nowhere
And suddenly things were looking good
How could I know it would only last a minute
I held on as long as I, held on as long as I could

[chorus]

credits

from When My Baby Comes Around, released June 25, 2019
Rod Johnson: electric guitar, vocals
Larry Bate: vocals
David Roof: bass, vocals
Donn Deniston: drums

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Rod Johnson Ann Arbor, Michigan

Singer, songwriter, not really a singer-songwriter though. Just trying to make something good.

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