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Micah Sommersmith - Take Care of Yourself

from SpinTunes #13 - Round 2 by Spintunes

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A letter of advice written to my 15-year-old self.

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Take care of yourself

Let’s rewind to the mid twenty-ohs
See the kid with the runny nose
Yeah, the big funny nose
Shuffling around in his thrift store clothes
Snuffling and sneezing with yet another cold

That’s me, and mostly he’s doing okay
Smart boy, he’ll make something of himself someday
But if I could write a letter, try to make his life better,
Well I know just what I’d say:

If you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
Take care of yourself

Dear Micah, want to know why your colds last two weeks each?
Cause you still come to school when you’re too weak to speak
Drag yourself from desk to desk, your respiratory mess infesting the rest
Of the class, who would love to be home in bed
But their asses are stuck in homeroom instead
While you’ve got an excuse cause you look half dead
With your leaking nostrils, your swollen head
But here you are, never miss a day of school
And it’s weird, bizarre, you look like a fool
Yeah, a few years later you’ll get a special piece of paper
But no one thinks “Perfect Attendance” is cool

If you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
Take care of yourself

Take a look in the attendance book, you’ve got a spotless record
But your history of salubrity, well, that’s a lot more checkered

So if you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
If you feel like shit, stay home from school
Take care of yourself

Take care of yourself

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from SpinTunes #13 - Round 2, released July 17, 2017

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