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OPTIMISM - words & music by Nate Butler
You know, Broadway songs are full of everything but my pessimism
So if you ask me to sing, I'll bring the optimist in me

Bone-dry river, Indian giver, optimism
Pray tell, father, where's the water? -- optimism
When it goes, I hope you know
Many winter winds will blow you away -- and you'll be blown away

Where for art thou? -- Stain my heart now, optimism
Summer splinter, stab the winter, optimism
When it goes, I hope you know
Winter will not end, and without springtime there's no hay-fever

Sometimes it's hard to climb it, without a warm climate -- some don't mind it
I'll trade in everything, for just a set of wings
And take off like Pegasus ...
Broadway songs are full of everything but my pessimism
So if you ask me to sing, I'll bring the optimist in me

Bone-dry river, Indian giver, optimism
Pray tell, father, where's the water? -- optimism
When it goes, I hope you know
Winter will not end, and without springtime there's no hay-fever
-- and some don't mind it, but
I'll trade in everything, for just a set of wings
And take off like Pegasus ... fly me
And if you ask me to sing, I'll bring the optimist in me

... I'll do mine.

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from Strawberry Pumpkin Apocrypha (1988​-​89), released August 2, 2014
Nate Butler: lead vocal, piano
Mark Ribera: backing vocal
Sean Mahoney: backing vocal
Ron E. woods: drums kit

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Nate Butler Fresno, California

Nate Butler is an artist, actor, musician, and singer/songwriter from Fresno, California, USA.

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