It Only Hurts If You Let It Hurt

from Starburst by Val Emmich

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lyrics

La da di da dum
La da di da
We shall overcome

Isn’t living fun?
Isn’t living la da dee da

Walkin on fire
Walkin on fire
Don’t see anybody flinchin
Anybody flinchin
They just walkin on fire
Walkin on fire
They just focus on the mission
Focus on the mission cuz….

It only hurts if you let it hurt
It’s a choice, not a voodoo curse
It only hurts if you let it hurt
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts

Got a plan but it never works
I’m a man, can I say it hurts?
Goddamn I just wanna burst
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts

Bee bop mm bee bop bum
Bee bop mm bee bop
Pound that big ‘ol drum

Hold it together, son
Hold it together
It’s not over

We’re bending but not breaking
Bending but not breaking
Try to smile until you make it
Smile until you make it
Are you tired of complaining?
Tired of complaining I got myself in training
Got myself to saying that…

It only hurts if you let it hurt
It’s a choice, not a voodoo curse
It only hurts if you let it hurt
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts

Got a plan but it never works
I’m a man, can I say it hurts?
Goddamn I just wanna burst
I’m trying not to let it
But it gets so hard to shed it
Yeah, it hurts

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from Starburst, released August 26, 2022

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