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This is the twentieth of my proposed 262 song-a-weeks. Wish me luck! And thanks for listening. If you wanna see the video, it's here: youtu.be/JmZzWfvDtIU - and if you want to help me keep doing this, throw me a buck a week at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/BrendanMilburn

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I am doing the best that i can
I am doing the best that i can
yeah I been doing my very best
and I can tell she's not impressed
but I'm still doing the best that I can.

well I got to let myself off the hook
yeah I got to let myself off the hook
I been hanging here so long
trying to right my every wrong
but my wrongs aren't getting righted
and this sucks, so I decided
that I got to let myself off the hook.

I thought my job was being a knight in shining armor
Saving her from dragons and such
Turns out she didn't want a knight in shining armor
turns out I don't like wearing shining armor very much

so I'm digging myself out of this hole
yeah I'm digging myself out of this hole
I been praying that god above'll
send me down a frickin' shovel
but no answer to my prayers
has come from the man upstairs
tired of waiting, so I figger
I'm an experienced hole digger,
and I'm digging myself out of this hole.

I thought my job was fixing things for everybody
anticipating things that would go wrong
but if you spend your life fixing things for everybody
you'll liable to get broken up yourself before too long

I am doing the best that I can
I am doing the best that I can
I been trying to make an omelet without breaking any eggs
I been trying to wag my tail with my tail between my legs
I been trying to fill a round hole but I only got square pegs
I am trying to be an honorable man
none of this has gone according to my plan
and I am doing the very best that I can.

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from brendan & the over​-​extended circumstances (262 songs, volume 2), track released December 23, 2016
delightful egg photo by Cory Seward, from Unsplash. Thank you.
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn.
copyright (c) 2016 by Brendan Milburn
administered by WB Music Corp
All rights reserved, but if you wanna use this for something reach out to me and and let's work something out.

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Brendan Milburn Seattle, Washington

Brendan Milburn is a music teacher and a dad. In his former life he wrote musicals, songs for animated movies, shows for theme parks and cruise lines. He used to play in a band called GrooveLily. Now he has chickens, cats, and kids, and he is making a song a week. ... more

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