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Living The Dream Lyrics
Time and time again Lord I been going through the motions
A means to an end but the ends don't seem to meet
Walking around, just living the dream anytime I take the notion
Til' the truth comes bubbling up so bittersweet
Ain't no point getting outta bed if you ain't living the dream
Like making a big old pot of coffee when you ain't got no cream
I don't need to change my strings
Cause the dirt don't hurt the way I sing
I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die
Been waiting on an angel waitress to come and take my order
Tell me all about the special today
Staring at a puddle of mud in my spoon couldn't be much bored'er
Hoping them circles on the paper don't call back telling me to start today
That old man upstairs, he wears a crooked smile
Staring down on the chaos he created
Said son if you ain't having fun just wait a little while
Momma's gonna wash it all away
And she thinks Mercy's overrated
Ain't no point getting outta bed if you ain't living the dream
Like making a big old pot of coffee when you ain't got no cream
I don't need to change my strings
Cause the dirt don't hurt the way I sing
I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die
Oh, I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die
A means to an end but the ends don't seem to meet
Walking around, just living the dream anytime I take the notion
Til' the truth comes bubbling up so bittersweet
Like making a big old pot of coffee when you ain't got no cream
I don't need to change my strings
Cause the dirt don't hurt the way I sing
I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die
Tell me all about the special today
Staring at a puddle of mud in my spoon couldn't be much bored'er
Hoping them circles on the paper don't call back telling me to start today
Staring down on the chaos he created
Said son if you ain't having fun just wait a little while
Momma's gonna wash it all away
And she thinks Mercy's overrated
Like making a big old pot of coffee when you ain't got no cream
I don't need to change my strings
Cause the dirt don't hurt the way I sing
I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die
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Momma's gonna wash it all away And she thinks mercy's overrated
I'm guessing "Momma" is Mother Nature?
@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/ I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been...
@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/ I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been influenced by her religious background. I think he's really looking at what living the dream is about. "Starring at a puddle of mud" is heroin obviously and the fact he's doing it is because he has not much better to do. Give a man something better to do that's real and maybe he won't be starring a puddle of mud. I think the singer found that performing music is better than most choices in life.
I feel as if this song is about opiate withdrawals. "Staring at the Mudd in my spoon" refers to watching heroine being melted down. I ain't gotta do a goddamn thing except sit around waiting to die.