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Song 525 Oxygen Mask Home

Song 525 Oxygen Mask

About This Song:

This song came in fast on the “dregs of 2016”. It was sparked by a conversation with my friend R. who made a passing comment about “pleasers” and “enablers”, she said, “You don’t have to set yourself on fire, to keep other people warm.” For some reason that stuck in my head…  The next day as I started up my morning, more verses started slipping in. Song slave that I am, I wrote them down…

Links:

  1. World Premiere Living Room Video 12/30/2016
  2. Solo Acoustic Studio
  3. Joe Mennonna Arrangement

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Oxygen Mask

Song # 525 | 12/30/16 | DADGAD

You don’t have to set yourself on fire (x3)
To keep other people warm(x3)

Refrain:
Your oxygen Mask
Goes on your face first
Your oxygen mask
Goes on your face first

You don’t have to give yourself away (x3)
To make other people rich (x3)

Refrain:

You don’t have to build yourself a cage (x3)
To set other people free (x3)

Refrain:

Copyright 2016 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.

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