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Blessings In Disguise

from reinventing of the wheel by One Finite Monkey

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Everybody pays their dues
making feats for children's shoes
making purple out of blues
making profits out of pews
yes and, everybody shares the blame
for every little carpet stain,
vanity and toxic rain,
pearls of wisdom down the drain.
A part the ear, a part the eyes,
part defeat and partial prize
every time to realize
it's all just blessings in disguise.

Everybody has a chance
to wallflower out and have this dance,
turn a corner happenstance,
find your car keys and find romance
yes and everybody knows the deal
reinventing of the wheel
blindly navigate by feel
borrow some the rest you steal.
A part you bake, a part you fry,
blandishment or criticize.
Stand your ground or compromise
it's all just blessings in disguise.

Everybody gives advice
raze the value, raise the price.
Loyalty and sacrifice
sells another cool device.
Yes, and everybody knows the good
halfway to misunderstood
superstitious knock on wood
two parts can't and one part should.
A part you paint, a party dye
a part you walk a part you fly
accept it or hypothesize
it's all just blessings in disguise.

Everybody minds their own.
Hold the tongue or hold the phone
put in sense and pay a loan
strangers reaping what we've sown.
Yes and everybody makes the call
ring the belle condemn the ball
seize the righting on the wall
smell decay that's just the fall.
Cross the teas and dot the ayes
comes in peaces, comes with fries
Lord of all or lord of flies
it's all just blessings in disguise.

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from reinventing of the wheel, released January 15, 2021
OFM plays ramkie, acoustic bass, cajon, keyboards.

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One Finite Monkey Bellingham, Washington

One Finite Monkey: a veteran of a dozen bands you’ve never heard of, a player of a dozen instruments, a producer of something like 50 obscure albums, now holed up in the attic of an old house in Bellingham, Washington, writing and recording songs.

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