Mixed Blessing

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Smoke

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Sometimes I think my life is a struggle to stay sane
Tryin’ my best not to cross that line
Meditate in the morning catch a white light train
Medicate at night with a bottle a’ wine

Look on down from the silver tightrope
Some people call it heaven, some call it hell
Most people don’t know how to gauge the distance
Most people don’t know they already fell

 Refrain:
Maybe I know what a person is not supposed to know
Maybe I go where a person is not supposed to go
It’s a mixed blessing, strange days
It’s a mixed blessing, gray magical ways

(It’s a) sweet taste of power to make the puppet dance
Feet flying on wings of fire
A sacred blaze illuminates the maze
And for an instant there is no getting any higher

 Refrain

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MIXED BLESSING

Mixed Blessing

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Smoke

 Sometimes I think my life is a struggle to stay sane
Tryin’ my best not to cross that line
Meditate in the morning catch a white light train
Medicate at night with a bottle a’ wine

Look on down from the silver tightrope
Some people call it heaven, some call it hell
Most people don’t know how to gauge the distance
Most people don’t know they already fell

Refrain
Maybe I know what a person is not supposed to know
Maybe I go where a person is not supposed to go
It’s a mixed blessing
Oh yeah, sometimes it makes me feel so free
It’s a mixed blessing
Sometimes, sometimes…I see more than I want to see

(It’s a) sweet taste of power to make the puppet dance
Feet flying on wings of fire
A sacred blaze illuminates the maze
And for an instant there is no getting any higher

And when you make it…if you do
And you finally feel like you belong
There’s always more…to live up to
And you’re never, never gonna be the man in your songs

Refrain
Maybe I know what a person is not supposed to know
Maybe I go where a person is not supposed to go
It’s a mixed blessing
Oh yeah, sometimes it makes me feel so free
It’s a mixed blessing
Sometimes, sometimes…I see more than I want to see

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