I want to live simply

No debt and few bills.

But I needed a two story

tucked away in the Mills.

I want to live simply

No logos, and no brands.

But these Pumas look good

In the palm of my hands.

I want to live simply

Yet isn't life grand?

But I mustn't ever live

too far from the sand

and the ocean and waves and tiny sea creatures

And the Cape's the only place

that has all of these features.

I want to live simply

But the car, house and sand

Cost is enormous for a piece of this land.

An arm and a leg and a head and my dreams

And sometimes I can feel the tear at the seams

Unraveling faster is it all in my head?

Cause I stress about work and I won't leave my bed.

And I wake up all night and I can't sleep at all

And I wonder what the fuck is the point of this all?

For the people I serve

Don’t care, not at all

As I lose myself faster in the heat of it all

I'm burning and turning while my skin is on fire

And  my heart is the fuse at the center of pyre.

For if she'd stop talking and speaking her wishes

Then my brain could just focus more on these dishes

And laundry and sweeping and making the house right

So the kids can come home and destroy it tonight.

Then the next day we’ll all just do it again

While my heart yells at me to pick up a pen

Or sit at a desk, computer, or tablet

Why can't you just write while you're thinking about it??!

But the house is a mess

And it needs to be clean

So I turn on some music to drown out her screams

Cause my heart, what she wants, I really can't get

Though I'm much too afraid to take the first step

Or to sit and take time

to chase after my dreams

Cause really what does all of that mean?

For most of us work in places we hate

With people who lie and come to work late

Who don't do what they're told or keep their lives clean

And these are the cogs that break the machine.

As the world turns and we all go to bed

Those are the thoughts that enter my head

And if, like me you feel all of these notions

Then take head of Heart, and all her emotions.

For one tiny step, no matter how small

Is how it begins when we're heading the call.