All You Can Do is Nothing
from Balladry & Soliloquy by Brian Woodbury
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written by Brian Woodbury & Richard Crawford; arranged by Brian Woodbury
lyrics
V E R S E 1
You can’t take the high road
You can’t take the low road
You can’t seem to locate some middleground to take
There’s no ground to stand on
And no place to stand off
All you can do is nothing
V E R S E 2
You can’t have and eat it
You can’t have it both ways
There’s no way to work out a compromise
You’ll never put it behind you
Or bygones be bygones
All you can do is nothing
(Do nothing)
C H O R U S
There’s no reliving or regretting
There’s no forgiving, no forgetting along
When all you that can do is nothing,
All you do can do nothing but wrong
V E R S E 3
There’s no second chances
There’s no starting over
There’s no hope of turning a new leaf over
There’s just no overcoming
What’s not blowing over
All you can do is nothing
V E R S E 4
Leave off with the high road
To hell with the low road
Forget ever finding that middleground to take
And there goes your best mate
It’s now just a stalemate
All you can do is nothing
(Do nothing)
C H O R U S 2
Can’t take it with you, you can’t leave it
Can’t dish it out, when you’re heartweak and headstrong
And all that you can do is nothing.
So all you do can do nothing but wrong.
You can’t take the high road
You can’t take the low road
You can’t seem to locate some middleground to take
There’s no ground to stand on
And no place to stand off
All you can do is nothing
V E R S E 2
You can’t have and eat it
You can’t have it both ways
There’s no way to work out a compromise
You’ll never put it behind you
Or bygones be bygones
All you can do is nothing
(Do nothing)
C H O R U S
There’s no reliving or regretting
There’s no forgiving, no forgetting along
When all you that can do is nothing,
All you do can do nothing but wrong
V E R S E 3
There’s no second chances
There’s no starting over
There’s no hope of turning a new leaf over
There’s just no overcoming
What’s not blowing over
All you can do is nothing
V E R S E 4
Leave off with the high road
To hell with the low road
Forget ever finding that middleground to take
And there goes your best mate
It’s now just a stalemate
All you can do is nothing
(Do nothing)
C H O R U S 2
Can’t take it with you, you can’t leave it
Can’t dish it out, when you’re heartweak and headstrong
And all that you can do is nothing.
So all you do can do nothing but wrong.
credits
from Balladry & Soliloquy,
released July 1, 2020
vocal: Brian Woodbury; piano: David Witham
vocal: Brian Woodbury; piano: David Witham
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Brian Woodbury Los Angeles, California
Brian Woodbury is a Los Angeles composer, lyricist and bandleader who writes musicals, post-modern jazz compositions, quirky pop, country songs and music for children's TV.
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