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Daisy Chain

from Maker's Mark by Alice Bierhorst

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feeling boxed in by conventions

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Daisy Chain
©1998 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

Shoo-be-do-wah
Shoo-be-do-wah

You don't remember your real name
You go by an alias
All of your words come out the same
It's just a stupid game

You hear someone's wedding bells
They sound so far away
You jump like a circus dog through a hoop

And you've got this idea
That you can rise above the ordinary
Conquering all

Shoo-be-do-wah
Shoo-be-do-wah

You dot your "i's" with daisy chains
You slip into a trance
Where is the polka-dotted dress
That you wore at the dance

You watch the chemicals collide
You say you're a scientist
All of your world is one inch wide

And you've got this idea
That you can rise above the ordinary
Conquering all

CHORUS
But you get what you paid for
You get what you paid for
You get what you paid for

Shoo-be-do-wah
Shoo-be-do-wah

Where is Snoopy when you need a friend
He's on the other side
Of the tunnel in your dream
The tunnel in your dream

You want to hold your best friend's hand
And drink pink lemonade
Playing hopscotch in the sand

And you've got this idea
That you can rise above the ordinary
Conquering all

CHORUS

You get what you paid for
You get what you paid for
You get what you paid for

Shoo-be-do-wah
Shoo-be-do-wah

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from Maker's Mark, released September 9, 1998

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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