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This is a song I wrote called "What About Us".

Here are the lyrics.

What about us
This is a song, about a girl, who doesn’t know....
That I, have written a song about her....
So hypothetically, this could be, about anyone in this room,....
If you’re a girl, and in this room.....
She turned to me, an said, will you write a song about me....
So here’s your stupid song, but you’ll never know, like I never knew....
The way I felt, about your feelings..

Chorus
So what about you what about me what about us
What about this what about that what about trust
What about love what about life
What about man what about wife
What about truth, what about strife
What about lust
What about us

This is a song, about a girl
Who isn’t perfect, who isn’t beautiful
Who I don’t love
And she campaigns for weird political parties
And I think that’s really cute
Which might make me a sexist
But I don’t care
Because I like her, just the way she is

Chorus

Bridge
So what about you what about me what about us
What about a family tree
Of your dad and your mom and my dad and my mom
And your little sister who looks just like you
And my little brother who looks like me too
And your older brother who don’t like me much
But I think that’s cause I saw me touching you so softly
On that summer day
But what’s a summer day
Without softly touching your soft skin
Anyway
Outro
This is a song, about a girl
And I think I’m going to tell her

Here are my influences.
Regina Spektor, Panic at the Disco, Neil Young, Radiohead, John Mayer, Pearl Jam, The Killers, U2,Metric, Tragically Hip, Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Elton John, Those guys from the movie Once, Jenny Owens Young, Lights, The Midway State, Neverending White Lights, Paramore, The Weakerthans, Wintersleep, Audioslave, Smashing Pumpkins, Sloan, Semisonic, Treble Charger, Ill Scarlett, Our Lady Peace, Raine Maida, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Oasis, Nellie Mckay, Muse, Matt Mays, Matt Good, Kanye West, Jonathan Coulton, John Butler Trio, Jason Mraz, Jeremy Fisher, Incubus, Imogen Heep, Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Foo Fighters, Feist, Elliot Smith, Die Mannequin, CSNY, Counting Crows, Coldplay, The Beatles, Joni Mithell, Something Corporate, The Rocket Summer, Gavin Degraw, Billey Joel, Jack Johnson, Metro Station, Michael Jackson