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I been walkin down the street talking to the trees the vocal chords of the breeze
and they’re singing me a love song, one I haven’t heard in so long
Cause I been workin every day starin at my feet runnin round for other people tryin to make one end meet
with the other in these hard times, but today is all mine

I’m gonna get up early and watch the sunrise, gonna sleep in late and then take a nap
I’m gonna swing in the park and jump out of the seat from the highest point that I can reach

Cause this is my day off, this is my day off,
This is my day, my day, o-o-o-o-o-o-off la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

I’m gonna write a song I’m gonna go to a movie gonna call a friend that I haven’t talked to
in six long years and see how things are going but when it gets dull I’ll say I gotta go
I’m gonna pump my tires up and ride my bike across the railroad tracks I’m gonna fly a kite
gonna walk through the neighborhood and pet people’s dogs but not their cats cause I’m allergic I’ll just wave from afar…
gonna teach myself to whistle…and do that for half a bar: (whistling)
I’m gonna bake a pie I’m gonna knit a sweater for when the weather gets colder
I’m gonna read the paper from front to back skipping over all the bad news so it won’t take long
I’m gonna paint a picture of a dream that I had four years ago…
then I’m gonna give it to a homeless man that I befriend down at the Depot

Then I’ll get on the bus and ride to nowhere, just see where it takes me just to see where it goes
And I’ll watch the other people, they got serious faces cause they’re going to work so I’ll give em a smile
cause I got plenty to spare

(CHORUS)

I’m gonna go down to the coffeehouse where everybody knows my name
they’ll say “where ya been?” and I’ll just say busy and they’ll nod their heads cause they know how it is
I’m gonna drive to the beach and watch the crabs crawl across the sand
I’m gonna drive to the mountains and marvel at that river cause it never ends it just keeps on beginning

I’m gonna get up early and watch the sunrise, gonna sleep in late and then take a nap
I’m gonna swing in the park and jump out of the seat from the highest point that I can reach
(and I won’t fall over)
This is my day off...

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from Making Friends with Ghosts, released August 20, 2010
Featuring Jessica Pennell on accordion.

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Kristen Leigh North Carolina

North Carolina native Kristen Leigh's music blurs the lines between genres and styles, drawing from a diverse range of influences to produce unique, folk-based compositions with orchestral arrangements that are at once playful, provocative, and prophetic. Her emotionally honest lyrics explore themes like vulnerability, poverty, grief, redemption, disillusionment, courage, love, and defiant hope. ... more

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