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Do It Yourself (Desert Song) Lyrics

Artist: Mike Heron
Album: Diamond of Dreams

Billy and me were the best kind of friends
We were drinking every night

And most every night Billyâ‚¬â„¢d keep the good times rollinâ‚¬â„¢
But every once in a while heâ‚¬â„¢d get a look in his eye
Like he was lost and he couldnâ‚¬â„¢t go on
Heâ‚¬â„¢d just say:

It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢
It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢

Billy and me weâ‚¬â„¢d take the Southside bus
â‚¬Ëœbout once in every week
Heâ‚¬â„¢d leave me in the bar and then heâ‚¬â„¢d go off strollinâ‚¬â„¢
Heâ‚¬â„¢d be back in an hour with money to burn
But heâ‚¬â„¢d never say where heâ‚¬â„¢d been to
Heâ‚¬â„¢d just say:

It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢
It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢

There is a desert where no life does move
There is a darkness where no light does shine
Nobody can take your first step out of there
You got to do it yourself, you got to do it yourself

Friday night I was waitinâ‚¬â„¢ in the Southside bar like before
Two, three hours went by Billy still wasnâ‚¬â„¢t showinâ‚¬â„¢
You know when I found him he was hurt real bad
And bleedinâ‚¬â„¢ like I have never seen
He just said:

It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢
It ainâ‚¬â„¢t easy sometimes to see where youâ‚¬â„¢re goinâ‚¬â„¢

Call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
You can call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
But the will to live, you got to do that yourself
Thereâ‚¬â„¢s no other way
The will to live, you got to do that yourself

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