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Beat a Drum [WXRT] Lyrics
The sun reflected in the back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky
The dragonflies are busy buzzing me
Seahorses if we were in the sea
Halfway from coal, halfway to diamond
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me
I'm gathering as far as I can reach
We're perched up on the precipice
And this is what I've seen
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
A Blue Jay hectors from the felled catalpa tree
Doctorate in science and a theologian's
Dream
The dragonflies are trying to lecture me
Seahorses if we were in the sea
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
Beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing
Tropical storm across the ocean
But don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know
But don't forget, we're just halfway from coal
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
I knocked my head against the sky
Seahorses if we were in the sea
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me
We're perched up on the precipice
And this is what I've seen
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
Doctorate in science and a theologian's
Dream
Seahorses if we were in the sea
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
Tropical storm across the ocean
But don't forget, we're just halfway from coal
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need
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