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Take It Back

from Synthpops (Special Edition) by Midiboy

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I know that there has to be more to living than some silly paycheck
Oh how long can you put in time that you will never get back?
While the kids are growing and the babies are speaking the demands at work keep me away
And they keep me from seeing how important today is and how I should be living in the here and now

The daily grind has worn me down like the salty sand on that little green glass
The important things are losing their shine. The boss has me and nothing is mine

(But) I must take it back. I must take it back from them. I must take it back
This life of mine will be mine again. (Repeat)

Wow there was a time when people fought for thirty. Now the job is demanding fifty
Oh Oh. There are no more hours in the day to oblige
The hours are getter longer and a day hasn’t changed. I could keep working for retirement
But what will I gain if all I ever loved is gone, and all of that time will do me no darn good

The daily grind has worn me down like the salty sand on that little green glass.
The important things are losing their shine. The boss has me and nothing is mine

(But) I must take it back. I must take it back from them. I must take it back
This life of mine will be mine again.
I will take it back. Yeah, I will take it back again. I will take it back.
This life of mine will be mine again.

How great it would be to keep my life and let the job take second place.
Oh to make it through to a ripe old age, never having known what to retire meant
Making the most of the here and now, building up the ties that loosen the binds

(Take it back. Take it back. Take it back. Take it back.)

And I have taken it back. I have taken it back from them. I have taken it back
This life of mine is now mine again.
I have taken it back. Yeah, I have taken it back from them. I have taken it back.
This life of mine is now mine again.
End of story.

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from Synthpops (Special Edition), released November 13, 2019
Words: Joe Flint
Music: Gregg Hart
(c)2004 Midiboy Music

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Midiboy Walbridge, Ohio

Midiboy started in 1998 with the intention of being a synthpop project. His first project was called "Midi-Life Crisis" and was released exclusively on MP3.com and is no longer available in it's original form. Since then, his style has morphed into a hybrid rock / electronica genre with lyrics that reflect his faith in Jesus. ... more

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