Iris DeMent - Livin' On the Inside Lyrics
Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelvesDay and night I've been trying to unravel myselfBut I've been looking for answers that don't seem to wanna be hadand people don't live too long when they're feeling this badSo I don't wanna know about nothin'unless it's something I can see or touch'cause I've been living on the inside too muchI miss those Labor Day picnics like the ones that we used to haveWhere no one's worrying about nothing, no one's feeling badI wanna roll down the hillside, lay dizzy in the cool green gra*sand jump around like a frog in a gunny sackAnd I don't wanna know about nothin'unless it's something I can see or touch'cause I've been living on the inside a little too muchMy friend has got some babies and she loves them with all of her mightThey run around all day, they keep her up at nightBut she can kiss those faces and she's the one who gets to see them smileI'm thinking maybe that'd beat this by a pretty long mileAnd I don't wanna know about nothin'unless it's something I can see or touch'cause I've been living on the inside a little too much
