Van Gogh Syndrome

Os Gringos

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    You shouldn’t have done that, man!
    I’m really scared!
    Oh, that’s much better

    Well, everybody wants to make their way to the top
    But it’s bottlenecked, baby
    It’s gettin’ clogged up
    I’m crackin’ craniums
    I’m taking teeth home
    They call me crazy, son, got van gogh syndrome
    I’m tied in times
    Kaleidoscope cocoon
    Light speed
    Worm hole
    Absurd po’ flow
    They gave me these, aristotle degrees
    They said you pursuin’ what you want, son
    Not what you wanna be
    You pursuin’ what you want, son!
    Not what you wanna be!

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    You know, I went outside, just to clear my head
    And y’know, I heard somethin’
    It was like, caesar and them dudes upstairs
    Were talkin, chit-chattin’, commiseratin’
    Doin’ what they do
    You wanna know what I heard them say?
    They was talkin’ about us!
    They wanted to know
    If you was ever man!
    If your body could even stand
    Without the word of God
    Well if you was ever man

    Well the last part of this story happened in são paulo, brazil
    We were on our way to get some food after a show
    A man came running up to our group
    I got a little edgy
    I said, hey, hey, hey hey what are you doin’, man? What do you want?
    I thought he was asking for money, you know?
    So I said, no, no, no, no, thank you. I don’t got no money today
    He says, no, I don’t want your money
    I, man, I spend so much time alone on the street
    I just thought I could have some good conversation with you guys
    Walk a little bit with you guys, you know?
    So we was like, sure, sure, come on up
    Went walkin’ and talkin’
    And he told us the story of his life
    And how he came to be a, a homeless man
    He said he had made one great mistake in his life
    He added it all up to this one mistake
    He said that, he always thought that this world owed him somethin’
    That the world was goin’ to have to learn to accept and learn to love him
    But the truth of the fact of the matter is, he says, with this crazy look in his eyes
    Really, I had to learn to love this world
    You know?
    I have to adapt to this world
    That’s the truth of the matter
    And so, he says he wakes up every morning and says I love you, baby
    At least I try
    At least I try!

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    Composition: João Castilhos and Justin Hansen

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