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© 2011 by M Otis Beard. All rights reserved.

My song, recorded with Al Teman in his Silverlake mansion

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Somewhere there's a perfect little place for me
I look around but I don't believe in destiny
I'm havin' fun but I'm makin' such a mess
I guess I'm lucky I'm not on the hangin' tree

I'm lucky I'm not on the hangin' tree
I'm lucky I'm not on ice
Lucky I'm not pushin' flowers up

Plan your future out really nice
and please excuse me if I fail to take my own advice
I'm havin' fun but I'm makin' such a mess
I guess I'm lucky I'm not on ice

I'm lucky I'm not on the hangin' tree
I'm lucky I'm not on ice
Lucky I'm not pushin' flowers up

Everybody I know
tries to tell me I'm free
and then they hand me their rules
about how to be me
Like a map of my life
from school to work to get married
By the time I was born
they had me already buried

You go against the tide
it gets rougher and tougher
Livin' your own life
you know you're gonna suffer
but I can't stand still
and I won't keep quiet
gonna laugh while I burn
and turn your rut to a riot

It's like freedom is some kind of test
I ain't part of your world
I'm just lucky I guess

If I accidentally straightened up
would they give me a medal or a loving cup?
I'm havin' fun 'cause I'm makin' such a mess
I guess I'm lucky I'm not pushin' flowers up

I'm lucky I'm not on the hangin' tree
I'm lucky I'm not on ice
Lucky I'm not pushin' flowers up

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from Miscellaneous Rex, released January 1, 2024
M OTIS BEARD - lead vocal, backing vocal, rhythm guitar
AL TEMAN - bass, drums, slide guitar
LESLIE KNAUER - additional backing vocal

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Oti Bear

Oti Bear is an actual, literal wild feral snarling hungry somewhat miffed polar bear originally from somewhere in the Arctic Circle. He enjoys still-twitching hunks of seal meat, and anything else made of meat that foolishly wanders into his demesne.

Oti Bear is the singer/songwriter behind THE FAMILY BEAR.
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