Needs a Break Lyrics

Stop me if youʼve heard this one
Iʼm tryinʼ not to repeat myself
But every other month or two
I take another one back down off the shelf
And turn it over like a rabbitʼs foot
Thatʼs dyed bright blue at a factory
And sold by a cashier wordlessly
Whoʼs planning a career as an actor
He just needs a break, needs a break, needs a break
He needs a break, needs a break
Everybody just needs a break

Stuck in his pocket like a life preserve
He got five smooth stones from an old weak brook
Thatʼs one mile from the highest hill
Where he sits every night with a shepherdʼs crook
And he hums some song from a red notebook
That he wrote while strumming on a beat up harp
Heʼs gonna ride their shoulders if he wins this one
But if he loses, they go get his body after dark
He just needs a break, needs a break, needs a break
He needs a break, needs a break
Everybody just needs a break

Now maybe Iʼm lost or maybe Iʼm just plain
Maybe I misheard it when they read my name
So I work my brain like a construction crane
I try to oversee
I nearly go insane
And I keep ending up on my knees
And begging God for a little mercy please
And at night sometimes when I unaware
I can tell Heʼs friendly
I can tell Heʼs there
He needs a break, needs a break
Everybody just needs a break

music and lyric by Don Chaffer
Don Chaffer- ac gits, bass, drum programming, elec gits, slide elec git, synth, trash can elec git, vocals,
distant wild yelling
Brandon Graves- drums, feats of dexterity
Miles Chaffer- end chant