Song A Day #409: I Wanna Know Everyone

when I walk around my town
the people's faces get me down
so many folks that i'll never meet
that guy could be my best friend
he's just crossing the street
but i'll never know him, no no no
and the fact of it hurts me so
tear the barriers down
till we're all undone
i wanna know everyone
i wanna know everyone

there's a young couple at the ATM
there's an old man sitting on a bench
a business man looking frazzled and dazed
a kid crossing the street without looking both ways
cute girl on a cute bike whoa whoa whoa
hipster looking dude swaying to and fro
i want to meet them all
one by one
i want to know everyone

when we first came down from the trees
barely humans but not chimpanzees
we lived in small groups like our cousins before
modern science confirms we can't deal with more
and yet all around me yeah yeah yeah
humanity swirls like dust in the air
speed up the process
of evolution
because i want to know everyone
i want to know everyone

we're not ready to live in cities
and yet here we are
4,000 years of recorded history
is really not that far
i said we haven't come that far
the population just 1000 years ago
was 275 million
in a thousand years full of joy and tears
it's jumped to 7 billion

in china there are friends i'll never make
down the street chances i won't take
out of shyness or judgement or etiquette
the walls i put up so that i won't get
rejected or embarrassed ai ai ai
what could be worse than a curt reply
a turn on the heel
left feeling dumb
but i want to know everyone

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[valeriebarsini]

The pauses, the looks, the facial expressions...funny guy...sweet...hilarious...and wonderful!

[iTalkMac01]

Original. Legendary. Love it.

[NotADeadCat]

i want to listen to all of them

[WeLiveInABeautiful]

that was one of the most beautiful videos ive ever seen!

hahaha thankyou!

[CIHYU]

haha!!

cute~~~~~



[snyalkino]

LOL

[snyalkino]

lol

[adamjdietrich]

I really like your videos!!! What do you do? Are you making money at this? you are very funny.

[leftycancer86]

Uhh... sounds just like TMBG... still pretty awesome though...

[7alila]

lol funny

ur cute !