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Under The Influence
Written May 1992
Appears on Only My Hairdresser Knows For Sure
Available as an mp3

Well, I'm about to lose my job
I'm so far in I just can't stop
Every day I come in late
My boss says one more time's all it takes
And I don't expect him to give a damn
'Cause I don't expect him to understand
What it's like to be in my shoes
'Cause I've been singing my own kind of blues.

Chorus:
But I ain't been taking no drugs
And I ain't been drinking no booze
And it ain't because I'm going crazy
But there's nothing I can do
I said I ain't been taking no drugs
And I thought there was no way I could lose
But I'm just under the influence
  under the influence of you.

Well, I stayed up all damn night
Staring into the moon's crazy light
Thinking about what I could do
To get myself through life with you
Sometimes I just don't know what I could say
To make you see these things my way
So it's more of a mystery
Than any kind of tragedy

Chorus:
But it's as plain as the sky above
On a rainy afternoon
But I don't think that I'd see the light
Even if the sun shone through
And I turn to the God above
And I feel that he's amused
'Cause I'm just under the influence
  under the influence of you.

Well, I don't think things are ever gonna change
With thoughts of you running through my brain
'Cause even in this fantasy
There's still some things I just can't see.

Chorus:
But it's as plain as the sky above
On a rainy afternoon
But I don't think that I'd see the light
Even if the sun shone through
And I turn to the God above
And I feel that he's amused
'Cause I'm just under the influence
  under the influence of you.
I said I ain't been taking no drugs
And I thought there was no way I could lose
But I'm just under the influence
  under the influence of you.

©1992 James (Gary) Geniesse

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