Epiphany...

Actually, I've not had an epiphany; I'm just sick and tired of low living.  I didn't make a New Year's resolution; I need to make a change.

A friend of mine turned me on to Carey Ott's Ain't No Upside about four years ago.

Ain't no upside livin' on the downside

Hey Hey

There ain't no downside in looking up

Ain't no reason for living this way

You keep treading water

Day after day

And you stay so down-hearted

It can feel like a hurricane

Hey hey

When you don't feel any love come to ya

Give some away

I say

Ain't no upside livin' on the downside

Hey Hey

There ain't no downside in looking up

Honey

Sometimes life can beat you up

I don't have any answers, darling

Only love

Ain't no problem baby we can't solve

We all hurt sometimes it ain't nobody's fault

You keep waiting on tomorrow

But it won't never come

Hey Hey

When you don't feel any love come to ya

Gimme some

I say

Ain't no upside livin' on the downside

Hey Hey

Ain't no downside in looking up

Honey

Sometimes life can beat you up

I don't have all the answers, darling

Only love

All I need is all I got

All I got is all I want

I say

All I need is all I got

All I got is all I want

I say

All I need is all I got

All I got is all I want

Honey

Sometimes life can beat you up

I don't have all the answers, darling

Only love

Ain't no upside livin' on the downside...

I'm not going to live in the margins anymore, there's no satisfaction in it.