The First Million Is The Hardest

[Paco Del Stinko]

The First Million Is The Hardest - Paco del Stinko

It's not easy when you got nothing
Ain't got two nickels for the rubbing
Scratching and a scraping to get by my oh ny
Only got crumbs from the pie

The first million is the hardest
The first mile is the farthest
The first cheese is the sharpest
The first bullseye missed the target

The lottery ain't gonna do it
You gotta break your back so get to it

You won't sleep much no days off
You'll be a slave if you're your own boss

If you get lucky you'll get the reward
Your ship will come so climb on board

[jb]

The First Million is the Hardest, by The John Benjamin Band
lyrics by JB + Ken

The ugly suit I sent you in
Is 100% real human skin
This is how we’re going to set things right
How we burn them all, set them alight

The first million is the hardest
They’re only human, they’re gonna die regardless
The first million is the hardest
When it comes to killing humans, I’m an artist

Maybe I’ll be more subtle than a gun
A virus that boils their blood in the sun
Soft on the inside, soft on the out
Soft little skull, soft little mouth

The first million is the hardest
They’re only human, they’re gonna die regardless
The first million is the hardest
When it comes to killing humans, I’m an artist

Would you rather hear them running and screaming
Or twitching on their backs coughing and wheezing?
Would you rather watch them weeping and bleeding
Or kneeling on the ground praying and pleading?

The first million is the hardest
They’re only human, they’re gonna die regardless
The first million is the hardest
When it comes to killing humans, I’m an artist

I’m an agent of the universe, a ray of light
Eradicating vermin, biological blight
You’ll never work a single day in your life
If you love what you do
I love what I do

Maybe I’ll be more subtle than a gun
A virus that boils their blood in the sun
Soft on the inside, soft on the out
Soft little skull, soft little mouth

The best way to put them out of my misery
Is to change the course of history

[danielsabsay]

A Million
Watching Owls

Do I really need a million
Dollars in the bank
When I have so many zillion
Thoughts I’d like to think

And you said honestly
I wish you’d wake up and see
You’re gonna wish you
saved better than this

I don’t really get what that’s about
I’d like to think I can figure it out
How much money do I really need to live
How much time do I really have to give

Twenty two and twenty three
Are gone, and so is twenty four
But I better plan past then
Or I might end up cleaning floors

Do I really need a million
Fans screaming out
Throw out modest feelings
Running after clout

But maybe I just need
Just a few less than a thousand and three
How much do I expect
To gain? I'll breathe and accept

I’m not sure how I would react
From life, I am thinking that it would detract
From then, I worry if I would feel stuck
But now I’m overthinking, fuck

You never know when it runs dry
Quiet, and the embers die
But nothing good is had
No risk, it’s probably bad

I don’t know what I’ll take
From you, I’ve had too much
So let me set my sail
And throw off this awful crutch

[a.flaim]

Woop!

The first million is the hardest
Still somehow I don’t mind
Chasing after what makes me come alive

It’s a struggle to get started
I resist what I want
Like I’m climbing a mountain
Or pursuing the one I love
If I can push through discomfort
And remember it’s worth it
Cause the story I’m listening to
Is a lie I told myself

The first million is the hardest
Still somehow I don’t mind
Chasing after what makes me come alive

The best things are
Often hard
Like following your heart
Accepting who you are
Creating the life you want
Like actually choosing to start

[Gil Sans]

The First Million is the Hardest
(J. Bennett)

An empty coffee mug
has rings just like a log.
And you can count how many sips if you're so bored.

Lost in a Persian rug.
A claustrophobia.
I see the light, I see the light!
My eye's adjust.

Just squeeze your eyes real tight
and you'll see stars.
Lock onto any single one and you'll go far.

Like staring into the sun,
a washed out abyss,
the first million is the hardest.