Raise a Glass

from Viva Outsider by Tammy Payne

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lyrics

RAISE A GLASS

I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS
THERE’S NOTING FOR IT FOR ME BUT TO POUR IT
DOWN AT LAST
I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS

I’M GONNA KISS MY ASS
SWEET LITTLE ME I AM SOMEONE I MUST
BELIEVE I AM
I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS

I SPENT LOTS OF MONEY
I PLAYED MY GUITAR
I TURNED UP THE RADIO LOUD IN MY CAR
STILL I FEEL AS LOW AS A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS

AND IF YOU WILL LISTEN
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD DO
IF I WERE YOU
ONLY SMARTER AND WISER
I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS

BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO THOUGH
IF YOU WERE ME
AND YOU COULD SEE THINGS
THAT I JUST COULDN’T SEE

WOULD YOU TELL ME WHY I
NEVER GOT MY REWARD
THOUGH I DID EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO

MY HEAD’S ON YOUR SHOULDER
I’M ASKING FOR MOTHER
I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS

I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS
FETCH ME THE PRIEST
AND I’LL MAKE MY CONFESSION CLEAR
GONNA BEND HIS EAR
GONNA INSTIL FEAR
I’M GONNA RAISE A GLASS

I’VE WAITED
HOW I’VE WAITED LONG
TO HEAR THAT SWEET REFRAIN…
“TO YOU ! LET’S DRINK TO YOU ! ”
NOW THAT WAIT IS THROUGH

AND I’M GONNA DRINK TO ME
THOUGH THE ME I AM
IS NOT THE ME THAT I PLANNED TO BE
I’M GONNA LET ME BE
I’M GONNA CRY AND LAUGH
COS THAT COMBINATION RULES IT DOES
FOR ALL THE DRUNKEN FOOLS OH YEH
I’M GONNA KISS MY ASS BECAUSE
NOBODY ELSE WILL DO IT .

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from Viva Outsider, released October 27, 2014

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about

Tammy Payne Bristol, UK

Tammy Payne has the lyrical bent of song writers like Rufus and Martha Wainwright etched in to a haunting zone of chill out lounge. A soul singer with a melancholic reserve, bringing ghosts of the blues like a modern day Peggy Lee.