Smile and Wave
Navigating Life's Roller-Coaster: Ron Hawkins' Smile and Wave
Lyrics
There's a kind of shrewd deceiver preying on the weak and the slow
There is a cunning deceiver targeting vulnerable and slow individuals.
There's a kind of true believer - mad, bad and dangerous to know
There is a fervent believer who is both crazy and potentially harmful to know.
But here's a kind of Hollywood ending - they'll be the first ones to go
Despite their characteristics, there's a Hollywood-style conclusion where these individuals will face consequences first.
Waving and smiling
Engaging in friendly gestures and smiling.
Scratching and climbing
Engaging in activities that involve effort and perseverance.
Nickle and diming
Engaging in small-scale financial transactions.
Waving and smiling
Continuing to be friendly and smiling.
There's a kind of pure obsession easier to start than stop
Describing a type of intense fixation that is easier to begin than to stop.
Your own personal house of Usher, crackin' up from bottom to top
Comparing one's personal situation to the crumbling house of Usher, deteriorating from the bottom to the top.
You walk the streets like David Duncan waiting for the other shoe to drop
Walking the streets with the anticipation of impending misfortune.
Waving and smiling
Continuing to be friendly and smiling despite challenges.
Scratching and climbing
Engaging in activities that involve effort and perseverance.
Nickle and diming
Participating in small-scale financial transactions.
Waving and smiling
Continuing to be friendly and smiling.
With a mind like a roller-coaster, careening from career to corrupt
Describing a mind that fluctuates wildly, moving from career pursuits to corruption.
This rickety architecture is all that's holding it up
Referring to a shaky foundation that is barely supporting this fluctuating mindset.
Offer your arms up to heaven and pray to god it all stays up
Suggesting a plea to the divine to maintain stability in this precarious situation.
Waving and smiling
Continuing to be friendly and smiling.
Scratching and climbing
Engaging in activities that involve effort and perseverance.
Nickle and diming
Participating in small-scale financial transactions.
Waving and smiling
Continuing to be friendly and smiling despite challenges.
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