Name: Life Raft
Duration: P00H02M26S
Description: I wrote this song when I was 15 about friends that I didn't have yet.

Life Raft

from Life Raft by Yellow Belly

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I wrote this song when I was 15 about friends that I didn't have yet.

lyrics

I know I'm not that great to look at
and my personality sucks
but I'm not that complicated
so I'll leave it up to luck.
You might not like me for
the person that you see.
But I don't care
what you think about me.

My eyes are bloodshot and dry from not blinking.
I need to stop this ridiculous thinking.
But I'm never happier than when we're singing.
You're my life raft that keeps me from sinking.

My face hurts from smiling
and my chest hurts from laughing.
I think this summer that
we should go rafting.
We could camp out and
look up at the stars.
It doesn't matter just as long
as I'm wherever you are.

My eyes are bloodshot and dry from not blinking.
I need to stop this ridiculous thinking.
But I'm never happier than when we're singing.
You're my life raft that keeps me from sinking.

credits

from Life Raft, released June 30, 2014
I, Jason Litherland, wrote the words and music to this song.
Colt Barton wrote the drum parts.
George Workman and Dalton Neal reminded me that this song existed simply by being my friends.

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Yellow Belly Carbondale, Illinois

i don't want to bring you down, but i want to make you think.

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May 10

The Library Pub

Oxford, UK
May 27

The Fulford Arms

York, UK

discography

Sidewalk Songs

Jun 2016
Who Cares?

Dec 2014
Life Raft

Jun 2014
Play Hard

Jan 2013
Acoustic Demos

Dec 2013

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