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First World Problems

by Governing Dynamics

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Internet meme becomes a song! Hopefully not in a completely annoying way.

There was another version of this song from Feb 2011. The structure is pretty much identical but the lyrics have changed quite a lot in places. I left the demo up for the time being for anybody curious.

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So 27 years
So far it could be worse
A single loses to a pair
But sure still beats divorced

Bleeding alimony
To some angel-turned-vampire
Wondering how we’ll raise a child
With our houses catching fire

Sure could be worse…

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Yeah, I’ve got problems
Problems other people would kill for
Somehow that doesn’t solve a thing
All these problems
Just the prices that we pay in the first world
So I should stop complaining

But my money's not enough
For my favored place to live
The less lucky I pass by each day
They keep things in perspective, I’ve got…

Light switches and video games
Tiny pills to balance my brain
The fakest smiles, but at least they’re smiling
A bunch of guitars and aluminum siding

Yeah, I know

We’ve all got problems, and most are
Problems other people would kill for
And it’s all we’re ever noticing
All these problems
Problems other people would kill for
Let them take over everything…

No one calls me famous
Not so many know my name
But I'd rather live on wishes
Than overdose on early fame

Front page of the tabloids
Photographs, invented trysts
Followed by a million souls
Who don’t care that I exist

I don’t mean to sound ungrateful
Everyone will need to forgive me
But do we ever get past surviving
And actually start living, start living

I’ve got problems
Problems other people would kill for
And nobody’s gonna solve them for me
All these problems
Make it easy for bigger ones to be ignored
And we never solve a thing

Start living, or start dying
Start quitting, or start trying

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released June 22, 2012
Travis Norris - everything

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Governing Dynamics Kansas City, Missouri

Governing Dynamics is an alternative rock band captained by guitarist and singer-songwriter Travis Norris. The band regularly takes part in Spintunes (spintown.bandcamp.com) and has attracted literally dozens of international fans via layered guitars, immaculate solos, and thoughtful lyrics.

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