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This is the twenty-ninth 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/nWmjM_nCL0A - 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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this is normal
this is natural
this is the way things go
this is everyday
this is commonplace
this is no terrible tale of woe
you are at the railroad crossing, but the gates are coming down
you can hear the whistle blowing, this train is coming into town
& this is normal
this is natural
this is the way things go.

this is shitty
this is difficult
you're learning things you didn't want to know
this is annoying
you get impatient
the train rolls by, perhaps a little slow
yeah the engine keeps on going, and boxcars come behind
the conductor drives the train no matter what her state of mind
& this is normal
this is natural
this is the way things go.

this is the way things go
this is the way things go
don't dampen down your mojo
or hang your head so low, Joe
this is the way things go

this is the way things go
this is the way things go
no time for introspection
the tracks go one direction
this is the way things go.

you can pull a diva moment or a drunken Dylan Thomas
and you can rage and rage and rage against the dying of the light
or you can hold a hand and kiss a forehead, and make a promise
to help someone go just a little more gently into that good night.

this is fucked-up
this is stupid
this is not the way you wanted things to go
this is painful
this is awkward
this may feel like the world's worst shit-show.
but the terminal is the station at the very end of the line
it's where everybody disembarks, and this is right and this is fine,
& this is normal
this is natural,
this is the way things go.

this is the way things go.
this is the way things go.
you knew this train was comin'
you can hear them rails a thrummin'
this is the way things go.

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from brendan & the over​-​extended circumstances (262 songs, volume 2), track released March 29, 2017
crossing gate photo by Lisette Brody from pixabay - thank you.
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn.
copyright (c) 2017 by Brendan Milburn
administered by WB Music Corp

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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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