Won't you look up at the skyline, at the mortar block and glass
And check out the reflections in my eyes
You see they always used to be there even when this all was grass
And I sang and danced about a high rise
And you were laughing at my helmet hat
Laughing at my torch
Go ahead you can laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground)
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
(My phil)
It keeps me walking when I'm falling down
(Osophy)
I see that there is evil and I know that there is good
And the in-betweens I never understood
Won't you look at me I'm crazy but I get the job done
Yeah, I'm crazy but I get the job done
And I say, go ahead you can laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground)
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
(My phil)
It keeps me walking when I'm falling down
(Osophy)
I pushed you 'cause I loved you guys
I didn't realize you weren't having fun
I dragged you up the stairs and I told you to fly
You were flapping your arms, you started to cry
You were too high, too high
You may take this all for granted, you take the mortar block and glass
And you forget the speech that moved the stone
But it's really not the you can't see the forest for the trees
You've never been out in the woods
So you can laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground)
And I love you you're my friend
But you got no philosophy
(My phil)
Now it's time for this song to end
(Osophy)
Philosophy
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"Selfless, Cold, and Composed" Air Air [*] Alice Childress Alice Childress - KCRW All U Can Eat (They Give No Fuck) Annie Waits Army Away When You Were Here Bad Idea - Demo Bad Idea (Original Demo Version) Bad Idea (Retarded) Barrytown Battle of Who Could Care Less Best Imitation of Myself Bizarre Christmas Incident Boxing Boxing - Live Break Up At Food Court Brick Carrying Cathy Cigarette Cool whip Crosstown Traffic Do It Anyway Dog Don't Change Your Plans Draw a Crowd Eddie Walker Emaline Erase Me Evaporated Fair Fired For All The Pretty People For All the Pretty People [*] For Those Of Y'all Who Wear Fanny Packs For Those Of Ya'll That Wear Fanny Packs Fred Jones Pt 2 Give Judy My Notice Golden Slumbers Guilty Half Asleep Hava Nagila (isreali Folk Song) Hold That Thought Hospital Song In Between Days (The Cure) Jackson Cannery Jackson Cannery - 7 & Quot ; Jackson Cannery - 7' Jackson Cannery - 7\ Jackson Cannery (Original 7" Version) Jane Julianne Julianne - Live Kalamazoo Kate Landed Learn to Live with What You Are Leather Jacket Lonely Christmas Eve Losing Lisa Lullabye Magic Mess Michael Praytor, Five Years Later Missing the War Mitchell Lane Mitchell Lane [*] Narcolepsy Not The Same On Being Frank One Angry Dwarf & Two Hundred Solemn Faces One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces One Angry Dwarf And Two Hundred Solemn Faces One Down Philosophy - Live Prince Charming Protection Rachel Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Regrets Rockin The Suburbs Rockin' The Suburbs Rocking The Suburbs Rockstar Rocky Satan Is My Master Selfless Cold And Confused Selfless, Cold, & Composed She Don't Use Jelly Sky High Smoke Song for the Dumped Song For The Dumped Minor Songs of Love (Divine Comedy) Sports And Wine Steven's Last Night In Town Still Fighting It Thank You for Breaking My Heart The Ascent Of Stan The Last Polka The Luckiest The Secret Life Of Morgan Davis The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind The Ultimate Sacrifice There's Always Someone Cooler Than You Tiny Dancer Tom & Mary Tom and Mary Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (merle Haggard) Twin Falls Ultimate Sacrifice Uncle Walter Underground Underground (live) Video Video Killed The Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star [#][*] Wave a White Flag Wave A White Flag (elvis Costello) Where's Summer B.? Xfire You Make Me Mommy Your Most Valuable Possession Your Most Valuable Possesson Your Redneck Past Zak And Sara
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