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Mistaken

by Daniel Weinstein

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Mistakes, I've made a few. Some on my own, and others involved so many people that it's hard to work out what my part might have been.

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Mistaken was re-mixed and re-mastered May 2023.

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A lyric video of this song is available on YouTube at youtu.be/mkKM_hDwyno.

lyrics

Verse 1:
Looked mighty fine, couldn't help but see
How bout that? she's looking back at me
Ignorant and lonely, I was all of that stuff
She smiled at me, that was enough
We gave it time, we had some fun
Decided she should be my only one
Screwed up my nerve, decided to ask her
Knew that we'd be happy forever after

Chorus:
I couldn't have been more mistaken
I was travelling on a road I never should have taken
It's my own damn fault that my heart is breaking
I'm never going to do it again

Verse 2:
Fake it 'till you make it, they said to me
Never pass up an opportunity
The point of the process is how much you can make
It's a zero sum game a little give a lot of take
Get a lot of money then make a little more
After all it's only a way of keepin' score
Gonna find my happiness in wealth and fame
Going figure out the rules of the game

Chorus:
I couldn't have been more mistaken
I was travelling on a road I never should have taken
I see what I did and my confidence is shaken
I'm never going to do it again

Bridge:
Mistakes are made
Life's like that
But mostly we recover
We find our way back
But you never know
If one day or another
We'll screw up so badly
We'll never recover

Verse 4:
Uncovered this stuff, burned real good
Used it to power anything we could
It looked to be something that could satisfy
A hunger for power that would never run dry
All we had to do was drill and dig
Power would be cheap, profits would be big
We'd never have to worry about expenses
Cuz there'd never be any consequences

Chorus:
We couldn't have been more mistaken
We're travelling down a road we never should have taken
It's our own damn fault that our world is breaking
We're Never going to do it again

credits

released April 19, 2022
Words, music and production by Daniel Weinstein
Wrong way image by by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

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Daniel Weinstein Mitchells Island, Australia

I started writing songs in my late 60s and have written quite a few. During lockdown in 2020 I happened upon a beat up old blue journal that I recognised from my travels in the early 70s. In it I discovered, much to my surprise, 7 completed songs and at least a dozen songs in progress that I'd completely forgotten. Now I can confidently say I've been a songwriter for over 50 years. ... more

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