Lyrics Ezra Furman – Amateur

I wanna be an amateur
That’s what I would like to someday be
I wanna be an amateur
Back like I used to be

I don’t like power
I don’t like hierarchy
I don’t worship human power
The idea of enemy is not for me
I’m an American
I’d like to think that means real democracy
I wanna be an amateur

When you’re an amateur
You don’t have the whole thing preconceived
You’re flying blind
You didn’t get a pricey art degree
Or if you did that’s fine
If you can forget your vocabulary
You got wings to fly
No sense keeping them folded neatly
Take to the sky
Let me hear you strain your voice so sweetly
You got instinct
You got almond eyes
Get your feathers dirty baby
If you wanna be an amateur

Stick with me