I try to be everything to everyone in every way
 I try to be everywhere with every answer, every day
But I'm spreading out so thin, my smile's caving in
Until I'm slightly less than nothing to myself
It's not a race you can win
Go for a place within your skin

Horizons get closer the lower you get
They're rising if only to help the sun set
Well, the moon is in her ball gown and we're waltzing into space
And the band'll still be playing when we finish up the race

Gunna take the longest road to the furthest place
Gunna take the lightest load at the slowest pace
  Our turtle taught us how we oughta steer
So maybe when we get there we're gonna be right here
We'll be right here

The roses need a sniff, the dog could use a pat
It isn't that much, but it's making a start
And I won't panic if I hang for a chat
I only want to march to the beat of my heart

I'm dizzy, I must have been chasing my tail
Too busy to notice my bread going stale
Well, I haven't got a long face and I'll say it 'til I'm hoarse
But get these blinkers off and I'll probably find I'm way off course

© Mal Webb 2000

This song emerged after close to a half year songwriter's block. I got through it by trying to adopt something like the song writing vibe of my friend, Carl Pannuzzo, and this is what came out. It's dedicated to Copernicus and whoever made up that "A horse walks into a bar..." joke. I wrote the verse (the first paragraph) after the Totally Gourdgeous recording https://youtu.be/XmFv5KSZ46g was finished and thusly it isn't included (and I sing "My Turtle" on that).

 For those wishing to work out the guitar part, the main guts of the song is ||: G   | A/C# C7 :|| and the pre-chorus and post-chorus sections are ||: G7 Bb7 | A7 C7 :|| . The intro / bridge is the tricky bit, which, (in chord shape numbers where C major is x3201x or 33201x and G major is x20003, dig?) is:

| 7x700x 8x700x | x8700x x87060 x87068 | 7x7007 8x700x | x8700x x87005 x87085 |
||: 7x7005 8x700x | x8700x x87060 x87068 | 7x7007 8x700x | x8700x x87005 x87085:||
| 07507x 07500x | x6407x 76400x | x53005 353005 | x42000 542000 | x31003 131003 | 2x1202 |

P.S. I play A/C# as x4765x