My Year in Review (Live at Cornerstone 1995)

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Bill Mallonee] Wanna [?] [Chris Donohue] Sure. [Bill Mallonee] Have you played this before? I don't think-- [Chris Donohue] Yes. [Bill Mallonee] Oh, you have? [Chris Donohue] Yeah, backstage. [Bill Mallonee] Some times you go through large stretches of your life not knowing why you did things for. This song is about that. It's called "My Year in Review." [Verse 1] All those nice little things you say Oh, I really appreciate them, too All those kind little things you say Keep those cards and letters coming, too I spend a whole lot of time With my reconnaissance photographs Irrefutable evidence Never pleads on my behalf [Chorus 1] Though they're not well developed My mind's eye sees them true All these little failures Of my year in review [Verse 2] There's a photographic essay And you know cameras, they never lie Little slips on little tongues And my stinking alibis Let them stay unembellished Let them say what will say They need no running commentary 'Tween the pages of my days [Chorus 2] Though they're not well developed They should tell the naked truth All these little failures Of my year in review All these little failures My year in review [Verse 3] Check my passport and credentials You see, I come from a long lineage But down here in the darkroom You can manipulate the image Yeah, my snapshot emotions And the rough footage of my panic I'm a poor composition With a flair for the dramatic [Chorus 3] And I don't show 'em often Oh, you know what that might do All these little failures Of my year in review All these little failures My year in review All these little failures Of my year in review All the failures Of my year in review [Spoken Outro] Thanks.