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Beautiful View (feat. Lydia Liza of Bomba de Luz; prod. by Evan Slack)

from CM Cool J by Christopher Michael Jensen

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Track 11

lyrics

(Intro: Lydia Liza)
Oooohhhh-eeeeyyyy

(Verse 1: Christopher Michael Jensen)
Some people make life look effortless, like they dug up a treasure chest, I just dug myself deep enough to seem treacherous, not easy not being a pessimist, gettin' text messages my best friend sends again, tellin' me that she's suicidal, even though she's one of the greatest humans I know, she wants to leave a mark like her music idols, chattin' with her like, yeah, you and I both, I'd prob'ly be terrified if I climbed inside your mind and saw what you confronted with each one o' your eyes

(Lydia Liza)
Ohhhh-ey

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
And it assists in givin' me perspective when sluggin' it out with bouts of my depression, you can die tryin' to please the world, but is it worth it, 'cause even perfectionists aren't perfect

(Lydia Liza)
Ohhhh yeeeeaaaahhhh

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
You're the only one who can come and determine your own purpose for certain

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Lydia Liza)
Chris & Lydia: Mother told me not to make the same mistakes as everyone around me, there's only so much you can take and waste away and many never found peace, yeah, mother told me, my mother told me that I don't have to cry, no
Chris: 'Cause there's a beautiful view, you just gotta dry your eyes

(Verse 2: Christopher Michael Jensen)
Some nights ya gotta sleep on it

(Lydia Liza)
Ohhhh-eeeeyyyy

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
It's a learning experience, hoping daylight will be turning your tears to mist, dirty clothes strewn through my room with fast food literin' the floor, it's like I'm livin' in a fort, just to keep the pain at bay until it fades away, but I swear, man, every day's the same, I took a weird route, never drank or did drugs, a lot look up to me for it and they give love, but it transformed me to an alien, isolated from my peers 'cause I can't relate to 'em, it just never looked appealing to lose control of your actions or having your memories be redacted

(Lydia Liza)
Oooooooohhhhhhhh

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
But if everything you're remembering is hated, I get why you would try to escape it, it's gut wrenchin' how a life can go, but, I still stand by the life I chose, 'cause

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Lydia Liza)
Chris & Lydia: Mother told me not to make the same mistakes as everyone around me, there's only so much you can take and waste away and many never found peace, yeah, mother told me, my mother told me that I don't have to cry, no
Chris: 'Cause there's a beautiful view, you
Chris & Lydia: Just gotta dry your eyes

(Interlude: Lydia Liza)
Eeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy heeeeyyyy, hoooooooohhhhhhhh-ey-ey-ey-eeeeyyyy, eeeeyyyy, ey

(Verse 3: Christopher Michael Jensen)

(Lydia Liza)
Heeeeyyyyy, hoooohhhh-heeeeyyyy, heeeeyyyy, heeeeyyyy, heeyy, heeyy, heeeeyyyy, mm-mm-mm-ohh-ohh-ohhhh, oooohhhh

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
So much to process, they replaced my father's hip, and my mom's kidneys are really not the best, feelin' old, watchin' 'em go through all of this, hard enough to juggle my own life and stay on top of it, unrequited love is what I'm always fallin' in, I just wanna get out and do the opposite, sure could use a boost of self-confidence, 'cause broken hearts could use a cardiologist, thirteen was my first real kiss on the lips, the girl told her friends I kissed like a fish, and ever since I've been swimmin' in the sea, goin' off the deep end, wishin' for a creek, because I mean, friendship's great, but I hate the loneliness, the sun sets, unrest, no one to hold in bed, onerous, so down, lower than road cement, heart's growin' colder than the Minnesota snow and then problems start pilin', engines are idlin', loss of momentum, then when ya try again, the violin plays another sad song, so I made up my own words, now sing along

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Lydia Liza)
Chris & Lydia: Mother told me not to make the same mistakes as everyone around me, there's only so much you can take and waste away and many never found peace, yeah, mother told me, my mother told me that I don't have to cry, no
Chris: 'Cause there's a beautiful view, you just gotta dry your eyes

(Outro: Lydia Liza & Christopher Michael Jensen)
Lydia: Dry your eyes, dry your eyes, oooohhhh, it's a beautiful view, dry your eyes
Chris: Yeah

credits

from CM Cool J, released May 22, 2014
Vocals written and performed by Christopher Michael Jensen and Lydia Hoglund.

Original production by Evan Slack.

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