Life Has You Down

from AL LEE by Al Lee

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Sitting at the table with empty chairs around
Burns a birthday candle and a king without a crown
An empty bottle for his sorrows to drown
Life has got him down

She goes to work wears a pretty dress
To conceal her emptiness
Puts on a smile as she does her best
Not to show life's got her down

When life has you down
Lift your head and look around
When life has you down
Lift your head and look around

He lost his money when the markets crashed
They took his house now all his dreams are dashed
All he does is think of the past
How life has got him down

She goes to school but all she's found
Are other kids pushing her around
She's insecure and it's profound
How life has got her down

When life has you down
Lift your head and look around
When life has you down
Lift your head and look around

The grass is always greener on the other side
As we find reasons to never cross the line

Another day in that office space
Has you thinking that it is a waste
Should have never taken the raise
Now life has got you down

The sky is blue but your heart is grey
You can't explain why you feel this way
You've got it all, that's what they say
But life still has you down

When life has you down
Lift your head and look around
When life has you down
Lift your head turn it around

When life has you down
Lift your head and look around
When life has you down
Lift your head turn it around

When life has you down
Lift your head turn it around
When life has you down
Lift your head turn it around

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from AL LEE, released January 17, 2018
Words and music by Al Lee

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Al Lee Revelstoke, British Columbia

Al Lee is an independent Canadian singer/songwriter based in Revelstoke, BC. He released his second full length album, Revolution St. in Feb, 2021.

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