Do What I Gotta Do

from Organized Shame by Drunken Choir

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lyrics

I don’t know about you but I know about me
I’m tired of working eighty hour weeks
I’m tired of being tired all the time
I’m tired of always just scraping by
I’ve maxed out all my credit cards
I kill myself at three different jobs
I’m not depressed but I think about death
As sweet relief from all this work and debt

So I just wanted to know
Everything that I do
The sweat, the stress, the pain in my chest
I'll do what I gotta do
I'll do what I gotta do
And darling…….it’s all for you

I work like a dog and I live like a hog
And nobody knows my name
Life out on the road feels a lot like hell
But I guess that’s the nature of the game
I was told that if I break my back
It would earn me a day in the sun
But the years go by and my backs just fine
And I still don't know how to have fun

You’re the only one who knows the trouble I’ve seen
And you’re the only thing that matters to me
So slide your dancing slippers on
While you and me and the night are young

So I just wanted to know
Everything that I do
The sweat, the stress, the pain in my chest
I'll do what I gotta do
I'll do what I gotta do
And darling…….it’s all for you

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from Organized Shame, released July 15, 2014

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