Here, for instance, is something I like: Mary Chapin Carpenter - Why Walk When You Can Fly? In this world there's a whole lot of trouble baby In this world there's a whole lot of pain In this world there's a whole lot of trouble but A whole lot of ground to gain Why take when you could be giving Why watch as the world goes by It's a hard enough life to be living Why walk when you can fly In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow In this world there's a whole lot of shame In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow And a whole lot of ground to gain When you spend you whole life wishing Wanting and wondering why It's a long enough life to be living Why walk when you can fly And in this world there's a whole lot of golden In this world there's a whole lot of plain In this world you've a soul for a compass And a heart for a pair of wings There's a star on the far horizon Rising bright in an azure sky For the rest of the time that you're given Why walk when you can fly She does an absolutely beautiful performance of an absolutely beautiful song, with dignity, class, intelligence, and idealism of the highest sort. She did it all despite looking like a plain, ordinary girl, and just writing and singing great original songs instead of whoring herself as a corporate marketed sex product. How often does mainstream media show you something like that at the top of the Youtube page, and how often do they bother to play it on the radio? It succeeds anyway...strictly on its own merit.
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