← more from
Magna Carta Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

As A Man Thinks

from Keep It To Yourself by James LaBrie

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $2 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 James LaBrie releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Prime Cuts, 2, and Keep It To Yourself. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $27 USD or more (10% OFF)

     

lyrics

First, the bad news...
Face the music. Mind over matter.
In other words...my imagination run amuck
Give and take with inspiration, information, innovation
Impossible situation? Worsening aggravation
Every change, every step, every moment defined
As a man...... as a man..... as a man thinks

Shell game in a strait jacket
12 gauge in a shotgun racket
Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
Got to do this all alone
Wait
Better slow it down and think about it.

Embracing this moment
Enslave or free my soul
Just to play the game with no guarantee
Is what I'll do for now
My life's a requiem playing out of key
With no 'absolutes' at all
Who promised tomorrow?
Tomorrow may not even be here.

How long am I blameless-
'Undecided' in a frantic world?
My velocity screaming fast
From this truth I fear

Where did I hear;
'As a man thinks, so is he' ?
But this man thinks
'Til his moment's gone'


Scapegoat to the end, dig it ?
Whiz-bang in a whirlwind minute
Voodoo- take a turn.
Why not nuke my head - feel it burn ?
Wind up where you were
If you think about it.

Shell game in a strait jacket
12 gauge in a shotgun racket
Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
Got to do this all alone
Wait.
Better slow it down and think about it.

Better slow it down.
Take a moment right now.

Let a man think
As a man thinks
What a man thinks

Hey there, Budapest
What about..... let's just give it a rest.

Scapegoat to the end, dig it?
Whiz-bang in a whirlwind minute.
Voodoo - take a turn.
Why not nuke my head - feel it burn ?
Wind up where you were
If you think about it.

Shell game in a strait jacket
12 gauge in shotgun racket
Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
Got to do this all alone.
Wait.
Better slow it down and think about it.


Better slow it down
Take a moment right now.

Let a man think
As a man thinks
What a man thinks.....

Bottom line ?
Get it in.
Get it off.
Get it out.
Get away.
Get a buck.
Get a clue.
Now he just wants more.

And he feels it now.....

No more indecisions here
No more time to figure things out
No more lies
No mortal sin
He'll pay up square
But he won't get in.

Too many opportunities
Too many reasons
Too many travesties
Now for the good news
It's gonna get..... gonna get wild
When you wake up and realize
You've still got it all.

Hey there, Budapest.
How about next time we do our damn best ?

credits

from Keep It To Yourself, released August 24, 1999

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

James LaBrie image

James LaBrie Toronto, Ontario

contact / help

Contact James LaBrie

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like James LaBrie, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now