Mr Optimistic Me

from Light of the Dawn (Full Album) by Keith Christmas

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This was the first solo album Keith produced in 2009 and was a collection of both new and unheard songs from the late 70s and 1980s

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lyrics

Mr Optimistic Me

Tuning Open A Strings (6-1) EAC#EAC# No Capo Key A

The world outside my window doesn’t think too much of me
I’m nobody famous and I never will be
A name that everybody knows, a face that people see
I’m just Mr Optimistic Me

Sometimes they call me ‘journeyman’ sometimes it’s worse than that
I wear this ‘Mr Average’ like a boring, shapeless hat
But inside me there’s a killer song just waiting to get free
‘Cos I’m Mr Optimistic Me

Sometimes I want to give it up and say “I did my best”
I used up so much self-belief competing with the rest
I feel like that for two weeks but it never lasts for three
‘Cos I’m Mr Optimistic Me

The world outside my window doesn’t think too much of me
I’m nobody famous and I never will be
But take a word like ‘crying’, and put a ‘T’ instead of ‘C’
And you’ve got Mr Optimistic Me

I know I’ll keep on trying I know I’ve got no choice
I carry words unspoken and they demand a voice
And every time I get knocked down I’ll get back up and be
Mr Optimistic Me

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from Light of the Dawn (Full Album), released September 1, 2009

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In a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ album, appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over the UK and Europe.
A legendary live performer he has had a resurgence in popularity since ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ was released in December 2016 and ‘Life,Life’ in 2019 ... more

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