From the recording Peeling in the Rain
Written by Ayers, Chamberlain 1987
Copyright 2017 Pedalwhip Music
Additional musician:
Steve Berns - guitar
Jeremy Long - keyboards
Lyrics
Such a happy little girl but now your optimism’s waning
Such a sunny future but now lately it’s been raining
You need somewhere that’s dry where you can sit alone and think
Somewhere that you can cry and pour yourself another drink
All you need all you need all you need
You can’t get a job anymore without a polygraph or a specimen jar
No one believes what you’ve done or who you say you are
And I believe I can help you if you come with me today
We could face any problems if we turn and look the other way
All you need . . .
All you need is a way around it
All you need is an alternative habit
Life is simple if you don’t think about it
It’s a small world if you just don’t look at it
Here with me we’ll watch and wave as our lives pass us by
You’ll have no worries ‘cause I’m not too hard to satisfy
I’ll dry your tears whenever you forget how happy we are
And you’ll never be lonely ‘cause I’ll never wander off too far
All you need . . .
Life is simple can’t you see I don’t let it unnerve me
Life is simple and if you believe that well then baby you deserve me