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What Are We Looking For

from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth by John Bahler

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Written and performed by John Bahler. It sounds like an upbeat lusty tune, but the question that runs through it adds another dimension of meaning. It shifts modes and keys slightly. It's almost unnoticeable, but contributes to the tension of the piece.

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Just like a wave sorrow comes and it calls by your name,
and rising we answer the call.
And so we hope one day peace will come calling the same;
until then we'll slip and we'll fall

I tried a one night's stand, but she wasn't that kind of girl
She took me by the hand, said "what are we looking for?"
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?

To eyes that begged for an answer I had to reply,
but how could I know what to say?
That was the same answer I was out trying to find,
but how could I learn this-a-way?

I had a master plan that I wasn't gonna care no more--
Let love be damned-- and I knew that it would work.

I tried a one night's stand, but she wasn't that kind of girl
She took me by the hand, said "what are we looking for?"
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?

I shrugged my arms, shook my head, and I said, "Life's a dream.
We live and we laugh and we die."
I touched my lips to her cheek, and she whispered to me,
"We're already dying inside."

I was a lonely man, and I'd had about enough of words.
I run my hand down a couple little supple curves.

I tried a one night's stand, but she wasn't that kind of girl
She took me by the hand, said "what are we looking for?"
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?

I walked away, headed home, down the street all alone,
the loneliest hour of the year.
That's when the words that she said cut me down to the bone.
They're echoing now in my ear.

I should've turned and ran when I saw that she could hurt.
I didn't understand: I am just like her.

I could have searched this land trying to find a better girl
She took me by the hand, said "what are we looking for?"
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?
what are we looking for?

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from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth, released April 16, 2014

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