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The Human Condition

from I Need To Talk To You by Samm Bennett

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THE HUMAN CONDITION

now sooner or later we all fall outta some big tall building
but we do our best to land without getting hurt
and all of us, at one time or another
have shown up at some formal affair
in raggedy underpants, muddy boots and a tank top shirt
and I ’m sure you’ve left the house on occasion
and boarded a flight to Brazil
then realized you left the baby at home
and she must be getting hungry
it’s all just part a being alive, no need to be hard on yourself
just chalk it up to experience, and don’t get angry
it’s the human condition, a little daily war of attrition
but in the end it’s all an apparition, the human condition

i know a fellow lives over In Kathmandu
he’s always climbing Mt Everest
he’s up to the top and back down again ‘bout three times a day
he used to have a real good job
making TV dinners for the government
now he lives in a hovel the size of a TV tray
he married a girl from New Jersey, they got along real well
right up till the night that she left him
for a cheap lothario named LaMonte
he was never the same after that
but who’s ever the same after anything, anyway?
go live on the Upper East Side if *same* is what you want
it’s the human condition, a little daily war of attrition
but in the end it’s all an apparition, the human condition

electromagnets and horsehair suits
spaghetti-os served with a smile
every day is a new adventure
there can be no denying
a world of opportunity knocks
like a failing engine on a busy highway
you could lose a million dollars in Pittsburgh without hardly trying
you can take things as you find ‘em
pay the finder’s fee 6 months late
keeping one step ahead of the goon
who wants to break your thumbs
go down to the depot
and buy yourself a roasted peanut in sauce Bernaise
and chat with the pigeons till the midnight train to Georgia comes
it’s the human condition, a little daily war of attrition
but in the end it’s all an apparition, the human condition
the human condition, yes, the human condition

(let's bring it all back home
straight back to the chromosome, the chromosome
the chromosome, the chromosome)

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from I Need To Talk To You, released May 7, 2021
Samm Bennett: vocal, cigar box 1-stringer, cowbells, gourd roller interior guiro, shekere, little Indian bell, cuica

All words and music Copyright Samm Bennett, All Rights reserved
Published by Directional Music (BMI)

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Singer and songwriter, player of unusual string instruments such as 3-string and 1-string guitar, plus jaw harps, mouthbow, electronics and junk, plus all manner of drums and percussion.

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