The Turtles - Wooden Head

I Get Out of Breath

From the first cry of a babe
Till the age of twenty-five
I searched my soul to find myself
But I'm still unrecognized

One-way streets, walls of concrete
Two restless feet's all I've got
Oh Lord, I'm so afraid
One third of my life is shot

And I get out of breath
Watching the world spin so fast
My future becomes my past
My mind gets hung so bad
That I get out of breath

It's all right for the successful
To tell you "Take your time
Have patience, understanding"
While the suicide rates climb

I work all day to try and pay back
Debts that won't go down
I can't say that I'm lost
No, I just ain't been found

And I get out of breath
Watching the world spin so fast
My future becomes my past
My mind gets hung so bad
That I get out of breath

People spend more time
Asking forgiveness than being good
Everyone's out stealing
Or home planning how they could

Double standards make good band-aids
That strip us of our pride
Our morals have decayed, yeah
And this I can't abide

And I get out of breath
Watching the world spin so fast
My future becomes my past
My life gets hung so bad
That I get out of breath



Credits
Writer(s): Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan
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Other Album Tracks

  1. I Can't Stop
  2. She'll Come Back
  3. Get Away
  4. Wrong from the Start
  5. I Get Out of Breath
  6. We'll Meet Again
  7. On a Summer's Day
  8. Come Back
  9. Say Girl
  10. Tie Me Down

All Album Tracks: Wooden Head >

Altri album

  1. Toxic Lavender
  2. The Complete Original Albums Collection
  3. All the Singles
  4. Ooops
  5. Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits
  6. It Ain't Me Babe
  7. You Baby / Let Me Be
  8. Turtle Soup
  9. Wooden Head
  10. PAISLEY POP

All Albums of The Turtles >

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