Not exactly what I had in mind

Keith Landry

Just one song for this year’s RPM Challenge. Live track. One mic.

NOT EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND

Woke up late last night, my knee in pain
Must’ve done it somewhere in the daily grind
Now I’m looking like a toddler just learning how to stand
Taking every step just one step at a time
Taking every step just one step at a time

Couldn’t read the writing on the pain pill box
Squinting at the printing so damn fine
Now I’m looking like my father searching for his reading glasses
He’s laughing from the back half of my mind
Just laughing from the back half of my mind

Every day I travel through every stage of life
Not exactly what I had in mind

Still I wake up every morning
And fight the good fight
Someday we all cross over
I pray it happens in the night

Feels like the world is changing overnight
I wake up never knowing what I’ll find
But waking up is better than not waking up at all
Taking every step just one step at a time
Taking every step just one step at a time

So every day I travel through every stage of life
Not exactly what I had in mind