Name: Don't Sweat The Little Things
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: I was listening to an old neighborhood friend who had a radio show in Baltimore: The Mark Steiner Show. He said his dad always told him "don't sweat the little things." There the song was born. Some of the first verse was inspired by a Robert Earl Keen song called "Swerving in the Lane." The rest just came out my life experience.

Don't Sweat The Little Things

from Cold Town by Brian Straub

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I was listening to an old neighborhood friend who had a radio show in Baltimore: The Mark Steiner Show. He said his dad always told him "don't sweat the little things." There the song was born. Some of the first verse was inspired by a Robert Earl Keen song called "Swerving in the Lane." The rest just came out my life experience.

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Don’t Sweat the Little Things © Brian Straub 11/22/09

I’m leaning on my horn you’re shooting me the bird
Yelling out the window names my mama ain’t never heard
You’re swerving in the lane screaming through the glass
All the ways from here to Sunday you’re gonna kick my ass

Chorus

Don’t sweat the little things
God will take you soon enough
The pendulum it always swings
You’re bitchin’s better spent on other stuff

I heard him on the radio his words stuck in my head
Don’t sweat the little things is what his dad always said
But it’s hard to remember eating popcorn in your seat
While they chattering through the movie and you’re staring at their feet

Chorus

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All the neighbors walk their dogs and they poop on the grass
They pick it up in their little bags, but it still winds up in my trash
I’m in line at the store waiting to be next
But the girl in front of me is responding to a text

Chorus

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from Cold Town, released December 2, 2017
Brian Straub - writer, vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin
Ed Hodge - bass
Henry Mansfield - keyboard, drums
Geli Weurzner - fiddle
Tom Humphreys - backing vocals

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Braintwang Seattle, Washington

From Baltimore to Seattle, I've been writing songs for over 30 years and have built up a body of work. My two previous bands, Armadillo Borealis and Secondhand Sunday, performed and recorded some of my songs that are represented here. This year (2016), I started Dog House Prayers and began documenting more of my songs through home recording. ... more

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