Lesson In Survival Lyrics - Mitchell Joni

Lesson in Survival 

Spinning out on turns 

That gets you tough 

Guru books-the Bible 

Only a reminder 

That you're just not good enough 

You need to believe in something 

Once I could in our love 

Black road 

Double yellow line 

Friends and kin 

Campers in the kitchen 

That's fine sometimes 

But I know my needs 

My sweet tumbleweed 

I need more quiet times 

By a river flowing 

You and me 

Deep kisses 

And the sun going down 

Maybe it's paranoia 

Maybe it's sensitivity 

Your friends protect you 

Scrutinize me 

I get so damn timid 

Not at all the spirit 

That's inside of me 

Oh baby I can't seem to make it 

With you socially 

There's this reef around me 

I'm looking way out at the ocean 

Love to see that green water in motion 

I'm gonna get a boat 

And we can row it 

If you ever get the notion 

To be needed by me 

Fresh salmon frying 

And the tide rolling in 

I went to see a friend tonight 

Was very late when I walked in 

My talking as it rambled 

Revealed suspicious reasoning 

The visit seemed to darken him 

I came in as bright 

As a neon light 

And I burned out 

Right there before him 

I told him these things 

I'm telling you now 

Watched them buckle up 

In his brow 

When you dig down deep 

You lose good sleep 

And it makes you 

Heavy company 

I will always love you 

Hands alike 

Magnet and iron 

The souls