Everyone Is Selling Something

EVERYONE IS SELLING SOMETHING

WRITTEN BY JEFFREY R HILTON

2017

 I MET A GYPSY WANDERING THE VALE

I MET A STORY TELLER, HE TOLD ME A TALE

I MET THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE

SHE TOLD ME LIES

I MET A POET, HE TOLD ME SOME RHYMES 

HE READ ME POETRY AND INFORMED ME OF HIS CRIMES

I MET A SNAKE OIL SALESMAN

HE SAID I NEED THIS, IF IT'S THE LAST THING THAT I BUY

SOMETHING THAT I'VE GOT TO TRY

I MET A CLOWN BUT HE NEVER MADE ME LAUGH

HE JUST STARED AT ME WITH THOSE COLD DEAD EYES

I MET A SINGER, SHE SANG ME A SONG

TRIED TO CONVINCE ME TO COME ALONG

I MET A KILLER HE WENT TO WAR

DOESN'T MAKE HIM ANY LESS OR ANY MORE

I MET A GIRL OUT WALKING

SHE WASN'T SURE WHERE SHE WAS GOING

BUT SHE WAS GOING 

SHE DIDN'T MIND TALKING SO WE DID

I MET A TRACKER, HE READ SIGN

KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO FIND YOU

I MET A HIPPIE DOWN AT THE BEACH

SHE TOLD ME NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH

SHE HELD OUT A CIGARETTE SAID HERE TAKE A DRAG

AS SHE ROLLED ANOTHER ONE FROM HER BAG

I MET A WIZARD, HE MADE POTIONS

AND HE CAST SPELLS

BUT HE DISAPPEARED IN A FLASH AND A PUFF OF SMOKE

LEAVING ME STANDING THERE ALONE

I MET A DOCTOR, HE SAID I WAS ILL

BUT HE HAD A CURE RIGHT THERE IN HIS HAND

A PRESCRIPTION FOR A PILL

EVERYONE IS SELLING SOMETHING 

TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU IT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED

DID COMMON SENSE GET THROWN AWAY

THINKING THIS IS ALL OKAY

I'M TUNING IT OUT, I'M TURNING AWAY

I MET A GIRL, SHE LIKES TO SHINE

SHE'S STILL HERE, SHE IS MINE

SOMEONE I HOLD DEAR

I MET MY MATCH I FEAR

I MET A BAND, THEY PLAYED ME A SET

IT TOOK ME AWAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BACK YET

I MET A FLOWER THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN

IT WAS A BEAUTY, SHAPED LIKE A STAR

I MET SOMEONE THAT I NEED

JUST STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE 

DON'T GO FAR