lyrics of “I Don't Mind” by the Tobasco Monkeys
Well
I am looking, I am searching, I have found
Near the ground, my
soul, myself, beneath this trail
There's no other place I'd rather
be
Can't you see me out here walking
In the rain and hail
The
purpose of life, it seems to me
Is not to take yourself too
seriously
I wouldn't want to be an old man
Sitting in an office
building someplace
Far away, with worry on my face
Well you
can take my car, my stereo, my little money
Leave me with nothing
but my trail family
Take my dress up clothes, my cheap cologne, my
college loans
I don't mind
I don't mind
Well if that tax
man comes looking
I'm at ten thousand feet cooking up some
oatmeal
Or some rice and beans
I worship the spirit who doesn't
just look down
He looks up and through and all around
Find him
in the rocks and trees
Cause there's no reason to pray
When you
wake up every day to the sunrise
Over Cito Peak
So find
some ground, lace up your boots, start walking
And you will find
reason
Enough reason to believe
Well you can drop your worries
at the parking lot
Or way down in the city where the sun burns
hot
Although civilization is a nice place to visit
I wouldn't
want to live there
Oh just one final
paragraph of advice
Don't burn yourselves out
Be as I am
It's
not enough to fight for the land
It's even more important to enjoy
it while you can
While it's still here
So get out there and
hunt and fish and mess around
Ramble out yonder, explore the
woods, encounter a grizz
Climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run
the rivers, breathe deep
That yet sweet, lucid air
Sit quiet
for a while, contemplate the precious stillness, that mystery
And
awesome space
Enjoy yourself, keep your brain in your head, and
your head attached to your body
Body active and alive
And I
promise you this much
I promise you this one sweet victory, over
our enemies
Over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a
box
And their eyes hypnotized by calculators
I promise you this
one sweet victory
You'll outlive the bastards!
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