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February 23, 2015 · Empowerment Songs, Life In Song 2000's, Love Songs, Non-Attachment, Songs of Transformation

338 Snap Out Of It

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About This Song:

This is a humorous look at how we resist change as well as often refuse to cop to our own response-ability for our present angst and struggle…

Hopefully learning to laugh at ourselves is a gentle process not a self destructive one..

Snap Out Of It

Song # 338   |   May 2004, Oct. 2004   |  CD: Eyes On The Horizon

Something happened that you didn’t want to happen
Now you think that everything has turned to crap and
The Universe would like it if you failed…
Don’t you think that pattern’s just a little stale?

When I hear you I just can not help but wonder
What was it that you chose to think that tore your heart asunder?
What if you had seen it differently?
Like maybe now at last you could finally be free?

Refrain:
And don’t you know you got to
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Do you think it would break your face to smile?
Baby I have seen friendlier crocodiles

Now I’m not saying that your lover didn’t hurt you
I’m not saying he or she did not desert you
All I’m saying is now you get to choose
Whether you will grow and learn or simply sing the blues

Refrain:
And don’t you know you got to
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Do you think that you’re the only one?
What would it cost for you to simply have some fun?

Sometimes I wonder what it takes to get you moving
Do you need a shock, a shout, a drug that’s proven?
I’m not sure that we will ever know
Meantime, you are tumbling in the under tow

Refrain:
And don’t you know you got to
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Do you think that Rome was built in a day
So get to work or go outside and get to play!

Now don’t get mad at me for popping your self- pity
Sometimes it feels so good to see the world as shitty
Once I was much whinier than you
‘Til someone shoved my nose into a different point of view

Refrain:
And I had simply had to…
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Did you lose the wind from out of your sail
What would you do if you know you could not fail?

Change is everywhere you look, you’re gonna find it.
Change your job, your look, your cover, change your mind, it
Changes your thoughts, which change the way you feel
Pay attention baby cause your thoughts are real.

Refrain:
And don’t you know you got to
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Do you think it would break your face to smile?
Baby I have seen friendlier crocodiles

And don’t you know you got to
Snap out of it, Snap out of it, Snap out of it baby
Do you think that Rome was built in a day?
So get to work or go outside and get to play!

Copyright 2004-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

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Filed Under: Empowerment Songs, Life In Song 2000's, Love Songs, Non-Attachment, Songs of Transformation

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