Album: Nothing Is Wrong (2011)

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• With his back against the San Francisco traffic
  On the bridges side that faces towards the jail
  Setting out to join a demographic
  He hoists his first leg up over the rail
  And a phone call is made
  Police cars show up quickly
  The sergeant slams his passenger door
  He says, 'Hey son why don't you talk through this with me
  Just tell me what you're doing it for
  
  'Oh, it's a little bit of everything
  It's the mountains
  It's the fog
  It's the news at six o'clock
  It's the death of my first dog
  It's the angels up above me
  It's the song that they don't sing
  It's a little bit of everything
  
  An older man stands in a buffet line
  He is smiling and holding out his plate
  And the further he looks back into his timeline
  That hard road always had led him to today
  And making up for when his bright future had left him
  Making up for the fact that his only son is gone
  And letting everything out once, His server asks him
  Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?
  
  I want a little bit of everything
  The biscuits and the beans
  Whatever helps me to forget about
  The things that brought me to my knees
  So pile on those mashed potatoes
  And an extra chicken wing
  I'm having a little bit of everything
  
  Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations
  To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall
  Her man says, 'Baby, can I make an observation?
  You don't seem to be having any fun at all
  She said, 'You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size
  And rest assured that this is making me feel good
  I think that love is so much easier than you realize
  If you can give yourself to someone
  Then you should
  
  'Cause it's a little bit of everything
  The way you joke, the way you ache
  It is getting up before you
  So I can watch you as you wake
  So in the day in late September
  It's not some stupid little ring
  I'm giving a little bit of everything
  
  Oh, it's a little bit of everything
  It's the matador and the bull
  It's the suggested daily dosage
  It is the red moon when it's full
  All these psychics and these doctors
  They're all right and they're all wrong
  It's like trying to make out every word
  When they should simply hum along
  It's not some message written in the dark
  Or some truth that no one's seen
  It's a little bit of everything Writer/s: Taylor Goldsmith
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

• John Wayne “wheelz” Rossi from Easton, Pa.So, when I first heard Dawes, they sounded a lot like Jackson Brown to me. Is that an obvious observation?
  Jackson Brown’s early music, and most of the early California Country Rock, was made better sounding by the guy on lap and pedal steel, named Dave Lindley. He had a unique sound, and look, that made hime stand out in my mind. And, his version of “Mercury Blues”, with his band, El Rayo X, is my favorite.
  Now, yesterday, I was driving in my car and listening to the local college station, when the song came on. I’ve heard the song numerous times before and it never hit me, but, when the lap/pedal steel lead comes in, my mind clicks and I think, “Wow! Dave Lindley!”. Of course! If these guys are fans of Jackson Brown, who else would they get to play on their songs?
  And, now I have to ask the question. Does anyone know if that is, indeed, Dave Lindley, playing on this song? To me it’s unmistakeable. Please, let me know.
  Thanks for letting me tell my story.
• Stevo from Los Angeles, Ca"A Little Bit Of Everything" is a song of hopelessness and hopefulness. The first verse concerns a young guy about to commit suicide, and the second has an older man who has lost some hope but is optimistic regarding his future. The third verse finds a fiancee who is confident about her marriage. All three have a different sense of what "a little bit of everything" means to their lives.
  
  
  
  Taylor Goldsmith (the writer) said in UK's The Sun newspaper that "I was just excited about taking a phrase that I could use for a guy who was trying to explain how the world weighs on him and at the same time, for a guy explaining what he wants to eat." (G., Bill) "The song is very meaningful, the music is very quiet" (Haroun) and a couple of appropriate minor-key chords simply add to the melancholy. The lifetime results of accumulated experiences on the characters in this song briefly cause a comparable reaction with the listener. When I first heard this song, it had a very powerful effect on me, too.
  
  
  Works Cited
  
  Dawes - A Little Bit Of Everything (Live from Rhythm & Roots 2011) Youtube N.p., n.d. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vin0U-ej1L8
  
  G., Bill. "A Little Bit Of Everything" So Much Great Music N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2018 https://somuchgreatmusic.com/2018/09/24/dawes-a-little-bit-of-everything-2011/
  
  Goldsmith, Taylor. Dawes lyrics "A Little Bit Of Everything" N.p., n.d. Web. https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858853296/
  
  Haroun, Asaad. "DISCUSS My Music" 21 June 2019 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/74531/discussion_topics/724163

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