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Got on a carpet, said, "take me where you will,"
the lady of the table scoffed and perched on a window sill.
Couldn't handle her beauty, I only wanted her respect,
with a laugh out the window she said I wasn't the best that she's rejected.

Following her footsteps home I cut my mouth wide open,
So few a word had been said, so much had been left unspoken,
numb to the karma that had plagued my life of late,
the idea so foreign that a man with dignity could walk up straight.

Life be cruel,
life be mean,
life could be beautiful,
I've waited too long.

Life be cruel,
life be mean,
life could be beautiful,
I've waited too long.

Now that you've said the worst, leave me alone,
let me successfully desert this wretched home,
couldn't handle your beauty, I only wanted your respect,
with a laugh out the window, you said I wasn't the best that you've rejected.

Life be cruel,
life be mean,
life could be beautiful,
I've waited too long.

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from John Vieira IV: An Orange Haze of Dawn, released November 25, 2014
Piano, Organ, Electric Piano, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals: John Vieira

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John Vieira Damascus, Maryland

I am a solo artist that currently lives in Damascus, Maryland. I graduated from the University of Maryland in December 2013 with a degree with in Jazz Piano Performance. I have recorded 4 solo albums--one of them is a double album--two albums with a band named J&M Blues Co, and I am currently in a band called Sonic Circus. ... more

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