songs: Self Doubt

This song was written and recorded for Nine Sleepless Nights. Into the last chorus, my brother Tony can be heard playing trumpet. Although I knew how to play, I couldn't hit those notes and he stepped in to get them for me.

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I'm knocked down
I'm stepped on
Or maybe I feel strong?
...I don't want to waste my time with doubting.

Someday,
I'm a rockstar
Got money
From my guitar?
...I don't want to waste my time with doubting.

I'm a simple boy
With a simple dream
In a complex world
Full of complex common themes

I don't want to waste my time with doubting... (x3)

Tell me another story about love
And about feeling lonely
So I won't feel so lonely
So I will feel you know me

And I'll write it down
I'll hide it deep within a song
So other kids can sing along
Only then will I belong

'Cause
I'm a simple boy
With a simple dream
In a complex world
Full of complex common themes

I don't want to waste my time with doubting... (x3)

Not a day's gone by
That I fail to think about
The things that I let set sail
Another cast tale
Of a doubtful hawk
Watching mice from atop the stalk
Do you see their rounded ears?
Do you hear the things they hear?
...I think not...
Baby, mice and men,
They talk a lot.

I don't want to waste my time with doubting... (x3)

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