This Is Not It

Lyrics

The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.
The place where I
If I were only
Somewhere else but in
This lousy
World.
Invariably I arrive at the
Wrong time
In the wrong place.
Wherever I am
It is the
Wrong place.
It's not where I
Should be.
Because it's the wrong
Place
I want to be someplace
Else.
I always want to be in
The place where I
Should have been.
The place where I
Should have been
Is paradise
On earth.

Lyrics: Lynne Tillman

Music: Stephen Prina

Chronology

Push Comes to Love

Interpretations

The lyrics are borrowed from the first page of Lynne Tillman's short story "This Is Not It"^[2]. The story was included in Tillman's 2002 collection of the same name
"If I were only somewhere else than in this lousy world!" is quoted from Ludwig Wittgenstein

References

[1] ttps://archive.org/details/thisisnotitstori0000till/page/153/mode/1up

[2] ttps://archive.org/details/thisisnotitstori0000till/page/153/mode/1up

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