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Civil Service

from Hardest of Hearts by Don Paris Schlotman

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I think that we can make it, make it
I know I can't fake it, fake it
To you / It's what I do
Got to keep everything comin'
Keep this here engine hummin'
True / It's what we do / I do it for you

We got to keep things going and
Rolling on the line
But we don't make the sun
Come up and shine
We're only humans
workin' overtime / Over time

Don't want to make you nervous
With my dedicated civil service
To you/ It's paid in fool
Got to keep everything current
Keep everything fair and observant
In due / Time for you / I do it for you

We got to keep things goin'
Growing on the vine
But we don't make the sun
Come up and shine
We're only simple people
working on a rhyme / Over time

Don't wanna be your judge and jury
Don't wanna make your mama worry
'Bout you / It's what she do
Just wanna slow down the hurry
'Cause the lines are fast and blurry
For you / It makes you blue / I do it for you

We make it fun and keep it
Going all the time
But we don't make it happen
In your daily grind
We're only people working
All the time / All the time

I think that we can make it, make it
True

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from Hardest of Hearts, released October 2, 2014

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Don Paris Schlotman Brooklyn, New York

Don Paris Schlotman is a Brooklyn-based solo musician.

The seventh son of a lightning bolt and a mountain lion. Plays music the way some people fall over. His artificial left eye can see 4 seconds into the future.

Past:
bass in neo-noir band Toshio; bass/synth in Brian Bonz & The Major Crimes; guitar and vocals in Dolphins Don't Love; bass and vocals in The Sky Captains of Industry; more ... more

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