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Do Your Best to Care

from First Days of Summer by Michael Simmons

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Many of my songs are about songs, and this is one of them. It's a good invocation for the album.

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I’m just a normal guy, sittin’ here I try
To yank these ideas right out of my brain
When it’s so much more easy
To sit around and watch TV
And let these melodies go down the drain, oh no

But i’ll be damned if I don’t dare
To whip up something we can share
Gonna give it a try and see what happens
You just never know, never know

I’m gonna do my best to put it down
Do your best to care
Workin so hard to get the sound
Do your best, do your best to care

I try and catch your eye
You got attention span of a fly
What must I do to make you stop a while
Lemme try instead
To get inside your head
And stop you skipping on to the next file

See I gotta find a way
To be the soundtrack of your day
Just gimme a try and see what happens
You just never know, never know

I’m gonna do my best to lay it down
Do your best to care
Workin so hard to get the sound
Do your best, do your best to care

So won’t you come along with me
There’s so much for us to see
Just give it a try and see what happens
On with the show - with the show

I’m gonna do my best to lay it down
Do your best to care
Workin so hard to get the sound
Do your best, do your best to care

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from First Days of Summer, released March 15, 2018
Performed by Michael Simmons

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Michael Simmons Huntington Beach, California

Guitarist/songwriter/vocalist for venerable powerpop band sparkle*jets u.k., frequent voice behind Popdudes, and 1/3 of Yorktown Lads.

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