WATER AND OIL

from EGRESS by Ben Ballinger

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WATER AND OIL
We are Born with a brain What a Lion to tame
With a mind of its own and a head for a cage
Better feed that machine, For it holds all your dreams
What a time to be alive, What will you do? With your life?
CHORUS
Get outta your head and look around and down at the ground
See the weeds and seeds and plant your feet in the fertile soil
And we’ll all be filthy rich, Living it up on this spaceship
Yeah we’ll all be filthy rich, Living it up on this spaceship….(Earth)
VS 2
A few famines and bad actors,
Our good times and our bad habits
We fight like jackals, and breed like a virus
What a time to be alive, What will you do? With your life?
Get outta your head and look around and down at the earth
See the weeds and seeds and plant your feet in the fertile soil
And we’ll all be filthy rich, Living it up on this spaceship
Yeah we’ll all be filthy rich, Living up on this spaceship
I see Monstrous Moonshine and Mother Goose rhymes
Our universe , tuned so fine
Everywhere a Garden, Every shade of green, This mess of milky stars spilled and spun into you and me….
What a time to be alive, What will you do, With your life
Get outta your head and look around and down at the earth
See the weeds and seeds and plant your feet in the fertile soil
And we’ll all be filthy rich, Living it up on this spaceship
Yeah we’ll all be filthy rich, Living up on this spaceship
Yeah we’ll all be filthy rich, Living it up on this spaceship….Earth

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from EGRESS, released March 17, 2023

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Ben Ballinger Austin, Texas

Ben Ballinger makes roots music with an uncommon emotional depth and songwriting mastery. A balladeer in the truest sense, Ballinger is a craftsman, building fine-tuned melodies out of roughhewn passions. After digging deep into the Austin, Texas scene for the past few years, Ballinger stands out among the pack of would-be Country soulmen with an undeniably genuine, and original delivery. ... more

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