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Gooey Caramel Centaur

I summon each part of me
To battle this anarchy
With a new philosophy
On who I want to be

We put up a valiant fight
We're going for half a night
But we never have the might
For even the start to end right

I try to balance work and play
But both erode the day away
And sometimes it's hard

I try to live each day anew
But every part refuses to
And sometimes it's hard

I summon each part of me
To battle this anarchy
But no new philosophy
Will change what's inside of me

There isn't the slightest gain
And all of the little chains
Are back in the usual place
Just under a different name

All these cups of tea
Signal my concession:
A touch of autotune
On a flat session
Nothing's real today
Nothing's moving the right way

Words pass in and out
Through the other ear
Never interface
With the feelings there
There's no life in me
There's no spike on the EEG

I try to find the time to smile
But everything else takes such a while
That sometimes it's hard

I want love to rule my life
But other feelings get inside
So sometimes it's hard
Oh sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving

REFRAIN:
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes it's hard
To keep, to keep, to keep yourself moving.
(Keep yourself, keep yourself, keep yourself moving
Gotta take it one day at a time)

Back in the day when it all began, it was going pretty well
The plan was laid and calls were made before the second tower fell
The democratic freedoms of the people would prevail if we bombed them all to hell
But the situation ran through our hands like blood through the sand
And we stand with machine guns at the voting machines
You can still read the lines from the signs that said
"Mission accomplished," and I just want to stay in bed.
Don't slow down, don't slow down, don't slow down
REFRAIN

Our hopes were riding high and our intentions were the best
They'd welcome us with open arms and love would do the rest
We even managed to convince ourselves we were engaged in an invasion by request
We put it to the test to see if our destiny was manifest
Never would we rest til we addressed injustice in the face
But this case would appear particularly clearly to be a
Mission from God, and I just want to stay in bed
Nobody told us it could be this way
Is this why we bleed? Is this why we pray?
Nobody told us it could go so wrong
I thought we were good, I thought I was strong
Don't slow down, don't slow down, don't slow down
REFRAIN

If we learned a lesson, well, I hope we don't forget
Because the military chiefs of staff have planned some missions yet
Never explain, never apologize, never look back, never express your regret
Only a jerk lets the turkeys get you down, so don't let that
Frown lurk under your brow, you gotta keep going somehow,
If you don't succeed, don't take heed, don't go
Mission critical, and I just want to stay in bed
Nobody told us it could be this way
Is this why we bleed? Is this why we pray?
Nobody told us it could go so wrong
Don't slow down

Sometimes, It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving (capo 2nd; tuned down 1/2 step)

VERSE 1 (C-Em-Am-F)
waiting, there's no time for
of this, I am sure
moving on is so hard to do
pitfalls, lie in the way
feels like, your worst day
oh... you can't go on like this

INTERMEDIATE RIFF

CHORUS (C-Em-Am-Em)
You may find, sometimes
its hard to keep yourself moving
When you're tired, take a stride
A second wind is blowing

Judge your feet, where they meet
Sores in the ground they're bleeding
And your drive, uses time
To make your life happen

VERSE 2
so please, try pushing on
fight back, every yawn
it's cliche but take one step at a time
somewhere, down your path
you'll look back, and you will laugh
oh... at what seemed too hard

INTERMEDIATE RIFF

CHORUS

BRIDGE (C-Am-Em-G)

CHORUS x2

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Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving
King Arthur (based on Psalms 3)

Domine quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me multi insurgunt adversum me
[Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.]

Interdum is est difficilis pergo movem
[Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving]

Multi dicunt animae meae non est salus ipsi in Deo eius
[Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.]

Interdum is est difficilis pergo movem
[Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving]

Tu autem Domine susceptor meus es gloria mea et exaltans caput meum
[But thou, O Lord art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.]

Ego dormivi et soporatus sum exsurrexi quia Dominus suscipiet me
[I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.]

Domine quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me multi insurgunt adversum me
[Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.]

Interdum is est difficilis pergo movem
[Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving]

Sockpuppet

Wake up in the morning
Before the alarm goes
Trying to fall back to sleep
Still in last night's clothes
Lying half awake, I still can't
get up when the beeping starts
Why would I

Sleepwalk through the morning
On the way to work
That guy on the bicycle is
Such a stupid jerk
I think I should push him over
Just to show him up
But why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's gone
haywire

Monday morning meeting
Going way too long
Finished up my coffee but the
coffee isn't strong
I feel like I need to sleep
I need to keep moving but then
why would I

Tuesday PM meeting
Life is way too short
Everything I try to say cut
off with a retort
Why does this guy work here, he's a
jerk, here, I should shut him up
why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's all
haywire

Oh, listen to me
Think about the damage done
How hard can it be
Just to have a little fun

Wednesday morning dreary
I get nothing done
Thursday comes and Friday goes
Still get nothing done
I should reconsider my
Career choice, find a new voice but
Why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's gone
haywire

Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving by Jan Krüger

Lead sheet

Look at how far I've gone
I've seen it all before
Look at what I have done
Up ahead another door
All around me people care
As long as I am there

My rule is undisputed
My wish enforced by steel
My power undiluted
I don't know why I feel
So uprooted

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving
There's no challenge left, no goal
And I know things would never be improving
If not for those who want my role

They are out there, plotting
My spies are everywhere
Soon they'll all be here rotting
Chained up in my lair
I watch when they get beaten
Their cries of pain they sweeten
These empty days

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving
And you wonder if you'll freeze
And I know things would never be improving
If not for conspiracies
Sometimes it's hard to know if they are guilty
What does it matter when I thrive
In the past, what I'm doing might have chilled me
But now when they die I feel alive

Sometimes Its Hard To Keep Yourself Moving

cast in a shadow, keep it so well guarded,
if you ever see the coast then you'll understand
how to get free of them.

come, don't worry, at least not til sunday
its so sad how you've always gotta be on
around everyone.

scratch it bare,
figure it out,
she once was proud,
no longer now.

lonely stare,
sickle and tongue,
cut up her words,
into tiny bombs.


I know sometimes its hard, to keep yourself moving,
forward through this mess, i love, i love, the way
You change yourself so fast
depending on who's using a lot
who's using a lot, who's using a lot
'round here?

Sometimes It's Hard To Keep Yourself Moving - Paco del Stinko

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving
But you just have to keep on grooving
On the dance floor, out on the dance floor

You work all day and you get home tired
Luckily your boss did not get you fired
But it's important that you live
When all you ever do is give
It don't hurt to take just a little - a little bit

Your family hems and haws and nags at you
They suck you dry draining you of all your juice
But it's vital that you try
When you only want to cry
It's not wrong to attempt to enjoy your only life

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving (moving)
But you just have to keep on grooving (you better move)
On the dance floor, (out on the dance floor) out on the dance floor

Don't stagnate
Procrastinate
Don't vegitate
Don't sit and wait

The government is asking for a bigger tax
Once you had a meal now it's only snacks
But it's crucial to move on
Because we don't have very long
It's no mistake to live out your life before you're gone

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving (moving)
But you just have to keep on grooving (you better move)
On the dance floor, (out on the dance floor) out on the dance floor
Out on the dance floor
Out on the dance floor
Out on the dance floor

SIHtKYM - by umm

sometimes it's hard
to keep yourself moving till night
wake up in the morning
is everything all right?
is everything all right?

you'll find you are
a thief that still wants to do right
fake could still show them
you're gonna be fine

wherever you are
i feel I'm the one who's been trite
take a little potion
and fly a kite ...
what?
is everything all right?

sometimes it's hard
to keep yourself moving till night
is everything all right?

king_arthur wrote:Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving
King Arthur (based on Psalms 3)

Domine quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me multi insurgunt adversum me
[Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.]
..........
Interdum is est difficilis pergo moveo
[Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving]

Wow, Latin!

Sometimes It's Hard To Keep Yourself Moving, by forkbomb
with an editorial nod to my friend Mosis, who kept me from including some really bad couplets

It's hard to walk a straight line when the world turns you around
It's hard to keep your chin up when the earth keeps pulling down
I'll never get to get from here to there while I'm half-ing all my steps
How can I keep my eyes dry when 2/3rds the world is wet?

Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving On Today
I can't help if the facts get in my way

Why keep up to speed when speed just doubles all the time?
Why get my life in order when disorder's on the rise?
They say I'm going nowhere fast but that's not what I see
I like to think I stay right here while Nowhere comes to me

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving on today
I can't help if the facts get in my way

Sometimes it's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving
by Berkeley Social Scene

[Verse1]
Alarm pulls you out of a nightmare
as the start of each day comes too fast
you're sipping your coffee and making your oatmeal
hoping the day goes by fast

[Chorus]
Put one foot in front of the other
just take it one day at a time
there's nothing that you can't get over
if you keep yourself from falling behind

[Verse2]
It's a long time between on-ramp and rush hour
as you sit through the morning commute
the talk radio drones on about nothing
and feels like a one fingered salute

[Chorus]
Put one foot in front of the other
just take it one day at a time
there's nothing that you can't get over
if you keep yourself from falling behind

[Bridge]
Consider the alternative
turning to stone
giving up on the future
for something unknown

[Solo]
[Guitarmonies]
Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving x4

[Verse 3]
You finish the day as it started
without much remarkable news
as you get into bed it pops into your head
that you could've been anything you choose

[Chorus]
Put one foot in front of the other
just take it one day at a time
there's nothing that you can't get over
if you keep yourself from falling behind

Oh, so lyrics go here. I'll figure this place out eventually.

Ben Bradley

Your bank account is shrinking Your boss is workin' you more
Your wife just keeps on naggin' She's such a dirty bore

Your kids are using drugs They're blind to the effects
You think you know what's happened before but You never know what's next

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourelf moving

You participate in this and that, the Elks and Rotary
You've written a popular book and there's a million fans to see

You're stuck in a prison yard and wish to fly like a dove
You see a face in the mirror only a mother could love.

You think you're gonna be famous, writing second-person songs
You think you'll find happiness, but it's taking way to long

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving
Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving
Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself moving