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It's common to hear folks say things like "What I wouldn't give for..." or "I'd trade anything for..." but I'm not sure where this existential swap meet is.
It just isn't the way the world works, but it doesn't keep us from pretending it is.

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some people call me selfish, some people call me vain.
some people call me shallow, but if i could make a change...
you know i would. you know i would.
if i could trade her daunting beauty, if i could trade her perfect smile...
if i could trade the way her curves roll on for country miles...
you know i would. you know i would.

for someone who wants to hold me down...
for someone who gets sad when i go out...
if i could trade the things i love about her now for someone to love me back...you know i would.

some people call me childish, some people think me insane.
some people think i'm naive, but if i could make a change...
you know i would. you know i would.
if i could trade these dancing fingers and put a cork inside my head,
if i could pawn all these guitars and leave the songs inside me dead...
you know i would. you know i would.

for someone who wants to hold me down...
for someone who gets sad when i go out...
if i could trade the things i love about me now for someone to love me back...you know i would.

the girl's my one and only and this guitar is all that i am.
she holds that fact like a loaded gun.
if i could trade all that i am for one bullet from her hand...
you know i would. you know i would.

for someone who wants to hold me down...
for someone who gets sad when i go out...
if i could trade the things i love about me now for someone to love me back...you know i would.

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from Take It With A Shaker (Live at Logan Street Sanctuary), released August 5, 2015
Written and Performed by Ryan M. Brewer

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Ryan M. Brewer Alexandria, Indiana

A singer/songwriter by trade, Ryan M. Brewer is more accurately described as a traveling musical storyteller. Having always placed the primary importance on lyricism, his songs tend to float effortlessly between genres...each one falling precisely where it needs to in order to most accurately tell the story. And that's all that matters - songs and stories. ... more

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