Dawson, Kimya - All I Could Do Lyrics






I had a show a few weeks ago
its getting harder and harder to sing
and it is hard to focus on my guitar
playing when inside a baby is kicking

At first I was sad and scared
cause this is all I know how to do
then John and Peter played standing up
sometimes something will change and that change
will change you.

then I thought back to six years ago
when Brian Pilkton told me to play
he gave me a car, a typewriter, a guitar
before that all I could do was count days.

then I thought back to before my coma
rehab in Tacoma, my junkie roommates
all that I knew how to do was put cigarettes
out on my self, I took pills and I drank.

and I thought back to when I was 15
how I was squeaky clean, and I wanted to die
I was feeding the homeless while combating loneliness
all that I could do was keep living a lie.

then I think back to that 12 year old poet
how she didn't know it was what she would be
all she could do was hide under her bed
scared to death that somebody might read her diary

see I have changed and I'll keep on changing
and maybe my songwriting will suffer
but its okay if at the end of the day
all i can do next is just be a good mother
its okay if at the end of the day all i can do next
is be a good mother.





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  1. b.... ....

    I listened to this every day while I was pregnant and didn’t know, and then I had my miscarriage and haven’t listened to it since. I love you Kimya Dawson. I love you.

  2. D.... H....

    Instruments that sound like they are played in this song in my opinion;

    Guitar
    Piano
    Xylophone (for grown-ups)
    Violin (played like a guitar)

  3. I.... A....

    chilllllllllls

  4. T.... ....

    I felt the same way when I was 15

  5. N.... K....

    Kimya Dawson's music reaches the furthest extremes of mature and childish. The product is an album that is massively disarming, hugely caring, thoughtful, hilarious, sweetly rambunctious, and calling for numerous revolutions. In the first two songs of this album it goes from singing about disturbingly deep and terrible suffering to a playful child singing along with her about a mare and a bear being friends forever. 

    Admittedly, this album has a song or two that aren't displays of any kind of overwhelming 'talent', but much like with Regina Spektor (an inspiration to Kimya), they only enhance the joyful, carefree, and beautifully quirky qualities that are seated at the core of what makes this album legendary. 

    The song 'Same Shit/Complicated' starts by bringing light to the sensitive undersides of activists, hippies, and hipsters. Then it becomes a call for the world to move towards open mindedness and acceptance of everyone. This serious and passionate call blends into Kimya's quick personal profile where we get a look at how dynamic just one person is with an overtone of acceptance. What a ride! 

    The song 'Driving Driving Driving' is a powerful commentary on environmental concerns. Kimya describes her own struggle with the issue and offers numerous insights into what needs to change and even some ways how that can be done. Then there is the massively fun song, 'The Library', that gives libraries their proper glory. The album ends with an awesome illustration of 'Utopian Futures'.

    N.... K....

    this is a great analysis.

  6. c.... ....

    Amanda Palmer closed her Austin show last night with this song...so much love and crying in that auditorium. Thank you for sharing those deepest, scariest feelings and giving words to emotions that can feel totally overwhelming. It's good to know that others are feeling the same way - and surviving.

  7. L.... J....

    I dont know why, bht this song stands out to me

  8. C.... A....

    then i thought back to before my coma, rehab in tacoma, my junkie roommates
    and all that i knew how to do was put cigarettes out on myself, i took pills and i drank

    uugh my life i love you kimya every time i listen to this song i tear up, choke up while singing and think about how this song has my life written all over it..minus the having a kid part, but still..so fuckin good!!

  9. S.... M....

    all that I knew how to do was put cigarettes out on myself. I took pills and I drank.

    S.... M....

    Then i thought back to when i was 15 how i was squeaky clean and i wanted to die

  10. a.... ....

    Everytime I play this song my friends/brother always laugh and call me crazy...I don't know why, but I don't really care either

  11. S.... .....

    Awesome song! I'm 17 weeks pregnant and even though I love our baby, sometimes I'm scared about what will become of the life I know and if I'll ever be able to take good care of your little one. Change is scary, but mostly wonderful.

  12. L.... M....

    @Ferntailwp
    I feel the same way..

  13. A.... M....

    her baby will be so lucky to have her singing it to sleep

  14. K.... L....

    @ferntailwp I wish I had such a strong head on my shoulders like you when I was 15

  15. A.... J....

    I love you, Kimya Dawson.

  16. E.... ....

    This song's really touching to me since I'm right on the 15 year old verse... I just don't want to end up down that road, you know?