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The Simple Things
The Simple Things (Alternative Version)
Release Date: New Year's Day❂ 13524 UCC (21st March 2023 Gregorian)
New Year and New Aries♈Moon Release
The Simple Things - Performed by:
Litmus A Freeman (vocals, guitars and bass)
Miguel Simoes (drums)
Recorded by Miguel Simoes (drums) & Alexandre Picinni (remainder)
Mixed and Mastered by Alexandre Picinni
Produced by Litmus A Freeman & Alexandre Picinni
Artwork by Litmus A Freeman
The Simple Things (Alternative Version)
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(Vocals by Litmus A Freeman)
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(Chords and Lyrics)
© Project Freeman Music (1997/2011 Gregorian)
It’s the simple things that make you happy
It’s the simple things that make you smile
Like the simple things that you remember
That you used to do when you were a child
Just the simple things
You know I’ve tried to live a modern life and all that means
Striving for all the more and more now the simple truth shines on me
You can’t grow and grow and grow ‘cause you’ll fall over then you’ll know
You don’t need to feed desire throw your ego on the fire
You know with Love we can rise above and leave behind the dark
When you find the Truth you don't need proof, you can feel it in your heart
You don't need a lot of stuff, the Universe gives you just enough
You just need to take some time to get in touch with the you inside
We're not here to “work”, we're here to PLAY
And learn to Love each other every day
We're not here to Do, but just to Be
What we are Naturally
And do the simple things
Just the simple things
Live in the van in Portugal at 'The Groove House' - Using my Tanglewood T6 Acoustic amp
At 'Barzinho', Ribamar - 5 Leo 13521 UCC (26th July 2020 Gregorian)
Video by Miguel Simões
The tune was written in April 1997 Gregorian but I was never happy with the original lyrics, so I wrote some new ones in 2011 Gregorian which sum up how I feel about life these days.
The system always tries to keep us chasing after the next fix, more of this, more of that, because it's based on perpetual growth and profit. But of course nothing can keep growing and growing in a finite world, as logically it becomes unsustainable. In the past I worked in the corporate world, where they're always 'dangling the carrot' - a rise, promotion or some other perceived elevation of fake status to appeal to our conditioned desires. But once you've tried that for a while and realise how ultimately empty and unsatisfied such behaviour leaves you feeling you begin to appreciate the simpler things in life
As the 4th of the '9 Rules for Being Human' teaches us "a lesson will be repeated until it is learned", and one lesson I've had repeated a few times is that Life is great when you keep it simple, stay in touch with your inner child and do the things you love :)
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© Project Freeman Music (1997/2011 Gregorian)