In Your Own Mind (Live)

from Uncollected Songs, Vol. 2 (2001-2005) by Peter Saltzman

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In your own mind you suffer
Just as much as the poor
Just as much as Jesus,
Whom you secretly abhor

So you flee from the mansion
To your cabin by the shore
Down in old Virginia
Where they fought a civil war
In your own mind
Life's a struggle
And I kind of understand
It's the only mind that you got
And at that it's second hand
And you feel like the drummer
In a third rate rock-band
As you try to set tempo
With a groove from Dixieland

BRIDGE:
And your a slave to the fashions
That put you on the top
Afraid to come down
But you wish it would stop
But you like it when the love you
And you love it when they need you
Makes you feel you'll soon be enshrined
But it's only, yes it's only in your own little mind

So you dwell in the cabin
Leave the whirlwind behind
Just to dwell in the caverns
Of our own little mind
And you long for the wholeness
Of those simpler times
Back when cotton was king
And the summers were fine

Instrumental Bridge

You head back from Virginia
To the mansion 'round LA
Where you sleep with the clouds
Up Beverly Hills way
And you think you’re an artist
Way ahead of your time
But it's only, yes it's only in your own little mind

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from Uncollected Songs, Vol. 2 (2001-2005), released August 4, 2020

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Peter Saltzman is a composer, pianist, singer, and songwriter residing somewhere near Chicago. His music has been called "brilliant" by the Chicago Tribune, and "powerful stuff" by the Dallas Morning News.

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