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Human Race

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Human Race

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I need a hat to hide under

I need some shoes to fill

I need a coat to curl up in

So I can dream again

And a broken watch so that I can just stand still

Cause this whole world is going crazy

I just can’t find my place

I got no scheme to come up with

No time to keep up with this rat race

I just wanna make this world a better place

For everyone, don’t wanna run in the human race

It doesn’t take a lot to get me high

These days seems my troubles just pass me by

Its like I’m walking up on a cloud, always thinking out loud

Its like I’m speaking and a song is coming out

So I bend right down just to tie my shoes

Down on the pavement its so hard

To keep from gettin’ the blues

But I keep on troddin’ on, singing a triumphant song

Giving love cause I got nothing to lose

Days pass by, people come and people fly

In and out the door I’m learning more with each experience

My heart grows and my blood flows

I’m feeling lighter and lighter, like a feather

I’m burning brighter like the Sun

And I think I like what I have become

So I, I’m gonna just sit back relax

And let the river flow take me where its gonna go

And I, I’m gonna be just like a leaf

And let the gentle breeze

Take me wherever it pleases

It takes quite a lot to keep me low

When all around me life surrounds me like a magic show

I can’t imagine being bored when there’s so much left to know

I’ll never stop learning cause there’s always room to grow

So I been walking round these city streets

So much derision and division, everyone playing for keeps

Every time somebody screws up an angry car horn beeps

Round every corner a crooked policeman creeps

But did you know there’s a better place where we can go

A beautiful land full of helping hands

You can make a mistake and no one gives a damn

And no one makes your plans or feeds

You fantasy or tells you what to be

I call this new land reality

Cause I’m not looking for no trouble

I just wanna double my fun

Spend all my days in the Sun

And I know nothing lasts forever

So any kind of weather is fine

And we’ll have a good time

And if the words don’t rhyme it doesn’t matter

Cause no ones keeping score

And on that you can be sure that if the words

We choose never quite fit us right

We’ll make a language we like and

It’ll sound something like

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Mike Love performs "Human Race", and this lyric page sits inside the Mike Love catalog on LyroVerse.

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