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Nickels and Dimes

from This Mighty World E​.​P. by Shawnee Kilgore

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we all hope for those songs that just write themselves in 20 minutes and i usually don't ever have them. this one was definitely that. it's one of my oldest songs that i still play, occasionally, and i think that's because i do feel so strongly about the "message." i like to like letting people interpret things how they will, because i believe that it's part of the magic of music, but without saying too much this is really just about taking back life and living our purposes without waiting for the world to tell us what to do. we are each our own sun and we don't have to wait to be shone on by somebody else. life is too short (and too beautiful) for that.

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what would you do
for a nickel or dime
would you really be willing
to waste all your time
'cause a life ain't that long
when it really comes down
to some dust in the wind
or a hole in the ground

we're so quick to believe
what we don't understand
and we're partial to that
which we hold in our hands
so we never say never
say grace all the time
and we keep out of reach
what we hold dear in mind

i've been thinking
that i would like to do what i came for
and i'm beginning
to see who i've been living my life for
i've been waiting
for a sign that will never come
because i make it
i'm the artist
i am the sun

what would you do
for a wee bit of love
that you pour in a heart
that just can't hold enough
'cause they've cracked every side
and they've torn every seam
but it's you with the glue
if you know what i mean

i've been thinking
that i would like to do what i came for
and i'm beginning
to see who i've been living my life for
i've been waiting
for a sign that will never come
because i make it
i'm the artist
i am the sun

so what would you do
if you stood there in line
just to find it was only
for nickels and dimes
'cause a life ain't that long
when it really comes down
and my friend i assure you
what goes comes around

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from This Mighty World E​.​P., track released March 20, 2007

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Shawnee Kilgore Austin, Texas

"Shawnee Kilgore is to music as velvet gloves are to diamond cutters,” wrote James Hardesty, owner of the Green Frog Acoustic Tavern in Bellingham, WA. “She holds all this beauty in her hand, raw and untouched, then she chips away until it gleams in the light, holding on with a soft gentleness that she has perfected." ... more

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