This song is one I wrote in Antwerp (Belgium) in 1999. I was playing music on the street and surviving by the absolute skin of my teeth. A protest song of sorts and hats obviously plaay an important role in this video. A song from singer-songwriter Kevin Dardis.Don't ask me why I do the things I docause you'll never understand unless you've been hereI don't see why people stare the way they doIs what I do so bad you've got to move away?Well you think you know a thing or twoBut I've heard the shit that you listen toAnd yet you imitate my voice and the songs I singBut I live from this, or don't you understand?No, how?Laughing funny faces see the monkey in the cagefrom a poor country where the people don't have food to eatIs that your ignorance or is it the way I look?Cause clothes don't bother me at all but you don't understandCause the money that you pay for the shirt upon your backCould be spent on buying books or something for your mindAnd yet you imitate my voice and the songs I singbut you see I live from this or don't you understand?No, how?But in the end, I guess it's all the same.You're afraid you're growing older, your life is running shortAnd there's so much yet to do, all those movies to be seenAnd if you won a million well you'd have a brilliant planto sit around all day, do nothing, reading magazines.But you still can give advice, 'get work' or 'why don't you go home? You're a beggar and a loser and we don't need you at all.'But maybe friend, I'm teaching you acceptance, that's my plan,You see I live from this, or don't you understand?No, how?So now I'm looking forward to playing this song to you,You see, I've written it and it's a different point of viewCause clothes rot, we forget them in a year,But when I move away well then my song will still be here,To taunt you in your ignorance as you walk along the streetThere's a guy with a guitar and he moves to beat the cold,And he's hoping you'll be generous, you'll appreciate his song,You see, he lives from that, or don't you understand?No, how?Music & Lyrics © Kevin Dardis

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