Swatkins & The Positive Agenda- Gotta Give It Away (If You’re Gonna Keep It) - Live at Long Play Recording in Portland, Oregon.
Steve Swatkins - vocals, synth, talkbox
Tyrone Hendrix - drum kit
Michael Elson - Hammond organ
André Zapata - bass
Trent Baarspul- guitar
Moorea Masa - vocals
Jans Ingber - percussion, vocals
Raymond Richards - engineer, executive producer
Todd Gee - director, video editor
Michelle Pomerantz - camera operator
Video by 336 Collective
Audio mixed by Swatkins
LYRICS
Used to be all so clear to me
I would have to scratch and steal just to make it (just to make it)
Barely scraping by while my friends were riding high
If I could not get my own then I would take it (I would take it)
Lonely was that time, cuz I could not spare a dime
Even as I held it in my hand
Cuz I thought with all my might, if I could squeeze it tight
It wouldn’t slip away like it was sand
Gotta Give It Away If You’re Gonna Keep It (if you’re gonna keep it)
There’s enough for us all if you believe it
If you could give a damn, I know someone who needs it
Gotta Give It Away If You’re Gonna Keep It baby
High from up above, I was living all alone
In my castle looking down below
I had climbed so far up, I felt I had so much
Still I remained so miserable.
It ain’t what it seems, The American Dream,
Sweating after fortune and fame,
When I stood there by myself, no one else to share my wealth,
Saw I only had myself to blame.
Gotta Give It Away If You’re Gonna Keep It...
8 янв 2020
