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Terrill Thompson - Angry

from 14 Songs in 28 Days (Vol 7​.​9) by FAWM

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Thanks to fellow fawmers' feedback, this final version has no exploding car crash sound effect

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I was driving home late last week
looking forward to gettin home to sleep
when out of nowhere to my right
I saw a car speeding towards me

And that moment seemed like an hour
I could see the face of the driver
she had a look of panic in her eyes
then I felt the pain of impact

I wondered whether she was ok
and I wondered what was on her mind
She must have felt terrible
I hoped that I could help her

And I didn't get angry then
and I'm not angry now
cause getting angry don't do no good
It don't solve any problems

***

I met a kid downtown today
seemed to think I was in his way
he gave me a shove
and he put a gun to my head

And he said hey man
what you think you're doing in my town
I guess he thought that he was quite a clown
and I looked into his frown

And I wondered what made him that way
Did he have a mom and dad who loved him?
Did he have a dream
of what he wanted to be someday?

And I didn't get angry then
and I'm not angry now
cause getting angry don't do no good
It don't solve any problems

***

I heard about a kid in Afghanistan
just surviving any way he can
in a dried up, desert land
where there's not a lot of prospects

His only goal was to become a man
so they knelt down in front of him
and explained to him of evil
and they taught him how to drive a van

And I wondered what made him that way
could we have somehow made him different?
Could we give him a dream
of what he might be someday?

But I didn't get angry then
and I'm not angry now
cause getting angry don't do no good
There's better ways to solve problems

***

What would you have been feeling then?
What are you feeling now?
Do I make you angry?
or do I make you smile?

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from 14 Songs in 28 Days (Vol 7​.​9), released February 1, 2012

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