Hey Hey Hey - Chris Smither

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I am not a prophet, I wouldn't be one if you paid me, But it doesn't take a lot to see, Just where you're headed lately, Pretty soon you're gonna ask me, How come the life you lead, Doesn't make you very happy, Or satisfy your needs, You talk about your needs as though
You know just what they are, When in fact to really know them, Is like travelling to a star, It takes so long you die along the way, So I say hey, hey, hey.
C'mon, siddown, Let's talk about illusion, How everything is made of it, No wonder life's confusin', All this stuff we take for granted, So solid to the touch, Is just a concrete indication, That we love ourselves too much, But if we don't love ourselves, you say, Who will? Whatever for? I say, that's a better question
Than the one you asked before, But the answer is still just as far away, So I say hey, hey, hey.
Let go of all of this, Forget about your reason, You can leave it all behind you, You can start another season, All these silly little fictions, Are gonna take you by surprise, When you see them in the daylight
And finally realize, You told them to yourself, Nobody else was listening, You'll be standing broken-hearted, Like a disillusioned Christian, With your mouth open but nothin' left to say, So just say hey, hey, hey.

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Chris Smither (born November 11, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up mainly in New Orleans and attended the University of the Americas in Mexico City, planning on becoming an anthropologist, but transferred to Tulane University after a year, during which time he discovered the music of Mississippi John Hurt. While in Paris for a junior year abroad, he spent his time playing guitar rather than attending classes and was kicked out of college as a result. In 1965, he left for Florida to meet Eric von Schmidt, another musical hero of his. von Schmidt encouraged Smither to move to New York City or Cambridge, Massachusetts, and so Smither moved to Cambridge and when he showed up at Club 47, found von Schmidt performing there, who invited him to play a few songs on stage. His first album, I'm a Stranger, Too was released on Poppy Records in 1970. Chris Smither has been touring since then.

Chris Smithers song "Love you like a man" from Smithers first album has been famously covered by Bonnie Raitt who has made it a signature song of hers under the title "Love me like a man" (published on her second Album "Give it up")- she has openly expressed admiration for Chris Smithers songwriting and guitarplaying. Later Raitt's version of the song has been covered by The Dixie Chicks and Diana Krall.

The protagonist of Linda Barnes's series of "Carlotta Carlyle" mysteries is a fan of Smither's music and several of her books mention it.

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