Optimist

from The Wizard and the Weaver by Anthony Carson

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lyrics

if i don't like your opinion
if i don't heed your advice
if i walk my own stubborn path
out of the safety of the lamplight
take no offense
pay me no mind
and don't you worry where my path might lead
or what I'm hoping to find

cuz i am an optimist
and I'm sure as hell
that all is together
and all is well

I cup my hands in the water
and i think of my mother
i speak a prayer to the web of time
and the ever graceful movement of the weaver
then I look to the sky
I whisper a lullaby
that casts across the mountains
and lands out of sight

I am an optimist
and I have no doubts
that all is forgiven
and what goes around comes around

if you don't like my opinion (thats alright)
if you don't like my advice (i don't mind)
go on and walk your own crooked path
just do what you feel is right (what do you hear on the inside?)

I am an optimist
you see this smile on my face?
i know that our paths will meet
in the same place

yeah, I am an optimist
and I'm sure as hell
that all is together
and all is well.

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from The Wizard and the Weaver, released March 19, 2017

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Anthony Carson Erie, Pennsylvania

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