Name: It Isn't Quite What It Seems
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: I took a batch of ideas over to Jersey where Francis Rossi was tax exiled between gigs for a year in the early 1990s. We wrote three songs from the selection of my ideas. “Here I Go” was on my previous CD and I chose this song for this CD. It is about the hot air and false promises that we all encounter in various stages of our lives from various people.

It Isn't Quite What It Seems

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I took a batch of ideas over to Jersey where Francis Rossi was tax exiled between gigs for a year in the early 1990s. We wrote three songs from the selection of my ideas. “Here I Go” was on my previous CD and I chose this song for this CD. It is about the hot air and false promises that we all encounter in various stages of our lives from various people.

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IT ISN’T QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS
WORDS & MUSIC
FRANCIS ROSSI & GUY JOHNSON

DON’T GET EXCITED OR EVEN DELIGHTED
IT’S ALL IN THE WORDS THAT THEY SAY
A PHONE CALL A LETTER AND THEN YOU’LL FEEL BETTER
AND THEN YOU’LL FEEL BETTER
GET CARRIED AWAY
SOME THINGS HAVE GOT TO BE LOOKED AT THAT WAY
IT ISN’ QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS

AFTER A TIME THEY STILL SAY THAT IT’S FINE
BUT YOU KNOW THAT IT’S SLIPPIN’ AWAY
SOON YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY’RE GIVING YOU NOTHING
NO GIVING YOU NOTHING IS ALL THAT THEY DO
BRINGING YOU DOWN WHEN IT MATTERS TO YOU
IT ISN’T QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS

MAYBE THEY’VE GOT YOU
AND MAYBE THEY WANT YOU TO
THINK THAT YOU’RE CRAZY THAT WAY
MAYBE THEY PULL YOU THROUGH
JUST TO GET OVER YOU
ALL IN THE GAMES THAT THEY PLAY

DON’T GET UP TIGHT
IS THERE SOMETHING IN SIGHT
WILL YOU FIND THAT IT WAS WORTH HANGING
AND WHEN YOU WILL CALL
THEY WILL PROBABLY SAY
THAT WITHOUT ANY DOUBT
THERE’S NOTHING FOR YOU TO GET WORRIED ABOUT
IT ISN’T QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS

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from Cat With A Spider, released October 21, 2011

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