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Whole Other Thing

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Writing Credits: Words & Music by: Paul Colwell

Whole Other Thing

It’s a whole other trip now,
In a whole other time,
With a diff’rent vibration, can’t you feel it?
Babe we’ve been through something,
Maybe we blew something,
But we’ll find a new something together.

We’ve never been this way before,
The signs are down and the pumps are closed.
There’s a few old landmarks,
A cannon in the park that don’t work no more,
Symbol of an ancient rite,
A long forgotten war.
We’ve never been by this way,
No, we’ve never been by this way.

It’s a whole other trip now,
It’s a whole other thing.
It’s a whole other trip now,
Though sometimes it seems that you can’t see the dreams for the memories.
But we’re breakin’ through somehow,
We’ll make it come true somehow,
‘Cause we grew up, somehow, forever.

Now the rally’s over, ev’rybody’s gone
‘Cept some kids playin’ on a swing,
A couple of joggers,
An old stray dog is chewin’ on a bone,
A hero on a pedestal
But he’s only made of stone.
We’ve never been by this way,
No, we’ve never been by this way.

It’s a whole other trip now,
We’ve never been by this way,
No, we’ve never been by this way,
It’s a whole other trip now,
It’s a whole other thing,
It’s a whole other trip now,
It’s a whole other thing.

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