Breathe - Lyrics - Dan Bern

Now a couple years ago I told everybody That I was the Messiah come to save them They started lining up with babies to be blessed The sick and the lame, blocking the pavement I walked on water and okay, sank Turned wine into whisky and drank, drank, drank Ooh Ooh Ooh Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Now with just a couple Snickers and some corn meal mush I fed six thousand at a time I spoke in St. Louie, ya gotta play St. Louie St. Louie, it's a rule of some kind The blind came to me and I made 'em see Got the deaf diggin' hi-fidelity Card tricks, I could do card tricks you wouldn't believe There's nothing innocent about a newborn babe That a few years here can't cure And it's not so much that you burn out Baby, but you finally just endure Now to tell you the truth, lately even I Start to get a little overwhelmed Wars and pain and poverty Those have been around a long time But the oceans rise and the fresh water dies And the hate sticks harder to your insides And the cars get bigger and your smoke churns out And your idols fall and you lie a little better And the train gets further and further off the track And with each day passing it's harder to turn back They call Mother Earth "Mother" for a reason She will revolt Stop Stop what you're doing Stop what you're doing and breathe Stop what you're doing and breathe Eatin' hamburgers, corporate mergers Speakin' in tongues, burnin' your lungs Drinkin' a Coke, repeating some joke Kissin' the ring, Buffalo wings Honkin' your horn, internet *** Takin' a pill, writing your will Stop what you're doing and breathe Stop what you're doing and breathe Stop what you're doing and breathe Ooh (stop what you're doing and breathe) Ooh (stop what you're doing and breathe) Ooh (stop what you're doing and breathe) Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na