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Learn Through Play

from A Perfect Day for a Mall Date by Thom Coombes

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I learn thru play and I learn with my hands.
I sing everyday when I play in the band.
And all I can do is do what I can.
I learn with my hands.

If I hold you like a fistful of sand,
then the tighter I squeeze,
the more will fall thru my hand.
So what do I do? I do what I can,
I learn with my hands.

If you're scared for tomorrow, then you'll ruin today. T
ake this useless felling and throw it away.
Say what you do and do what you say.
I learn thru play.

Everything said took time to digest, f
rom the back of my head, to come off of my chest.
All I could get was a half-hearted attempt
I would rather forget.

I wonder what advice Jesus would give
when it's easy to forget but it's hard to forgive.
So I take advice from the role model
who may or may not exist.

There was a time when I learned all sorts of things
and at first I felt fine, then I wanted to scream.
My heart was guilty but my hands were clean;
I didn't do anything.

I had no way of knowing what was polite,
with no way of showing what felt right.
It was hard as hell just trying to tell
if you were coming or going.

So I try to play fair, and I try to have fun.
You can play too rough and hurt someone.
My brain was deaf and my heart was dumb,
it didn't bother me none.

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from A Perfect Day for a Mall Date, released July 6, 2015

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