Long time did I run down like that
I would have three years ago today, but...
Not now, it's not like that

It's all right to feel good
It's all right for nothing to be wrong
The deepest dream that we have could be tomorrow's song

Long time did I run down like that
I would have three years ago today
But, not now, it's not like that

It's all right to feel good
It's all right for nothing to be wrong
The deepest dream that we have could be tomorrow's song

Just what did he say, uhh, stop
It'll just go 1, and 2, and 3
Run up the hill, do as you do, I'm going to chill
You know, you really ought to do the same
Uh, uh, they want to bug you
But we won't let them today
'Cause it's a sure shot to the bomb
Dropping every single day
You know, you swing it, and you fling it
And you make some shit up, but
It's just 1, 2, 3, oh

And you don't stop, proceed
What you need, guaranteed
The deepest dream we have could be


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1, 2, 3 Lyrics as written by Nicholas Lofton Hexum Chad Ronald Sexton

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    What it means to me:

    This song is about how you used to always feel like something was bad in your life. No matter what you did there was always someone or something that is angry with you or disappointed. But now you have a good attitude, everything is gonna be alright, jah. It's about how it's okay to be happy and have nothing to worry about. It's about how there doesn't always have to be something going wrong.

    Then there's the deeper, more obvious meaning, the songwriting. How you can turn anything into lyrics, "the deepest dream...could be tomorrow's song". Sometimes you have to improvise, "you swing it and you fling it and you make some shit up" and it just flows like 1 - 2 - 3.

    hednirvanaon June 30, 2002   Link

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