Artist: Rick Fowler and Friends
Album: Welcome Companions
Label: Polyglot records
Copyright 2000 Rick Fowler
lyrics
YOU KNOW I WAKE UP SHAKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
GOT A BAD, BAD FEELING SOMETHING'S JUST NOT RIGHT
THE ONLY THING I WANTED WAS A HAPPY HOME
BUT THE ROAD GETS TOUGHER AS I TRAVEL ON
THE LIFE I'M LIVING 'S NOT THE LIFE I CHOOSE
I'VE GOT A FULL BLOWN CASE OF THE DESTINY BLUES
I'M JUST A SHIPWRECKED DRIFTER ON A SEA OF PAIN
TRYING TO SWIM TO SHORE WITH THIS BALL AND CHAIN
SOME KIND OF CRUEL, CRUEL ORDER OF A HIGHER KIND
GOT ME ON THE RUN TILL THE END OF TIME
THE LIFE I'M LIVING 'S NOT THE LIFE I CHOOSE
I'VE GOT A FULL BLOWN CASE OF THE DESTINY BLUES
I PRAYED TO JESUS AND BUDDHA TOO
I READ L. RON HUBBARD, STUDIED NEW VOODOO
NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP ME FIND MY OWN FREE WILL
I WAS DEALT THE HAND BUT NEVER MADE THE DEAL
THE LIFE I'M LIVING 'S NOT THE LIFE I CHOOSE
I'VE GOT A FULL BLOWN CASE OF THE DESTINY BLUES
credits
released March 1, 2000
Rick Fowler: guitar/vocals
Greg Veale: bass
Mark Cooper Smith: drums/Hammond organ
Danny Esposito: guitar
Neal Priest: BG vocals
Sherry Joyce: background vocals
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