Instead

Song Instead
Artist Madeleine Peyroux
Album NPR Discover Songs: The New Jazz Divas

Lyrics

[00:21.037] Instead of feeling bad
[00:24.947] Be glad you got somewhere to go
[00:31.366] Instead of feeling sad
[00:34.925] Be happy you're not all alone
[00:40.892] Instead of feeling low
[00:44.597] Get high on everything you love
[00:50.570] Instead of wasting time
[00:53.824] Feel good about what
[00:55.684]
[00:55.934] You are dreaming of
[00:59.919] Instead of trying to win something
[01:02.382] You never understood
[01:04.689] Just play the game you know eventually
[01:08.061] You never good
[01:09.972] It's silly to pretend to you have
[01:12.477] Something you don't own
[01:14.637] Just let her be a woman
[01:16.747]
[01:17.000] And you'll be her man
[01:25.280] Instead of feeling broke
[01:29.614] Buck up and get yourself
[01:33.827] In the black
[01:35.249] Instead of losing hope
[01:38.459] Touch up the things that
[01:43.229] Feel out of whack
[01:44.683] Instead of being old
[01:46.938]
[01:48.644] Be young because you know you are
[01:54.564] Instead of feeling cold
[01:58.543] Let sunshine into your heart
[02:04.159] Instead of acting crazy chasing
[02:06.629] Things that make you mad
[02:09.135] Keep your heart ahead
[02:10.888] It'll lead you back to what you have
[02:14.104] With every step you are closer
[02:16.007]
[02:16.208] To the place you need to be
[02:18.744] It's up to you
[02:20.096] To let her love you sweetly
[02:48.697] Instead of acting crazy
[02:50.708] Chasing things that make you mad
[02:53.582] Just keep your heart ahead
[02:55.484] It'll lead you back to what you have
[02:58.697] With every step you are closer
[03:00.600] To the place you need to be
[03:02.722]
[03:03.474] But it's up to you
[03:04.929] To let her love you sweetly
[03:14.073] Instead of feeling bad
[03:18.202] Be glad you got someone to love
[03:24.113] Instead of feeling sad
[03:28.125] Be happy there's a god above
[03:33.999] Instead of feeling alone
[03:38.712] Remember you are never on your own
[03:44.040]
[03:44.490] Instead of feeling sad
[03:47.342] Be happy that she's there at home
[03:52.008] She's waiting for you by the phone
[03:56.969] So be glad she's all your own
[04:19.280] Instead of feeling sad
[04:29.100] Get happy
[04:44.602] Wating for you by the telephone
[04:53.981] Don't get
[04:58.794] Back home