Trying To Remain

from Backpacker Blues (LP) by Bee Appleseed

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lyrics

Should I be profound in conversation? Is that what you’re expecting?
Should I conquer the room with every word that I say?
Well I’ll maintain my lack of elegance if it means you won’t dissect me
For I am just trying to remain

And you say you thought I’d be different, well why don’t you tell that to a mirror?
I’m sure there are a million stooges that would happily fill my place
So line up for registration and you too can be a pseudo intellectual
Meanwhile I’m just trying to remain

And you claim to love music, but you’re only listening to your radio
You say you’re well read, but only if it’s critically acclaimed
And I should have headed the warnings not to dance with those I can see through
But I am just trying to remain

And you suggest the grass may be greener, but this can’t be true in all directions
For some places have no offerings, but only stains
And if you can't read between the lines, then you might as well be illiterate
Allthewhile I'm just trying to remain

And what happened to all the men that you said you respected?
Have they evaporated by morning along with the rain?
Well you know that even G-d never paid any child support
Meanwhile I’m just trying to remain

And there’s no need to get too upset, it’s just a minor loss of freedom
Or at least that’s what you said when the Moldovans had me detained
And now I’m trying, I’m trying so hard just to forget you
For it’s the only way I know to remain
it’s the only way I know to remain
it’s the only way I know to remain
it’s the only way I know to remain

credits

from Backpacker Blues (LP), released July 20, 2018
written while being held up at the border in Moldova, May 2013
words and music by Bee
recorded by Bee at Hillstreet in Lindesberg, Sweden and by River Nason at The Guest House in Olympia, Washington
Musicians:
Bee – guitar/lead & backing vocals
River Nason - bass, drums, keys, backing vocals
Mixed by River Nason
Mastered by Andrew Endres at AEIOU Studios

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Bee Appleseed Los Angeles, California

Bee Appleseed is a prolific songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, singer, comedian, and seasoned vagabond from Canby, Oregon, living in Los Angeles, California.