Blues Traveler

Released: September 13, 1994

Songwriter: Bobby Sheehan John Popper

Producer: Michael Barbiero Steve Thompson

I walk right by him and he's freezing his ass off
He could be dead, I'm supposed to walk away
I won't remember a thing come the summertime
Handful of quarters make me feel okay

Ah, ah, who's gonna have to pay?
Ah, ah, who do I love today?

I love what's mine ‘cause what's mine is all mine
Gives me a reason to go get more
Don't really care where I go to get it
I ain't too clear about "What's yours is yours"

You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door

If you don't like a single thing that I'm saying
If you're offended when I demonstrate
Don't mean a damn to me and I shall continue
Hope you won't mind if I control my fate

Ah, ah, who do I have to fight?
Ah, ah, to defend my created right

I'll defend what's mine ‘cause what's mine is all mine
It's what I'd fight for, it's for what I'd bleed
I roll the dice on the grand experiment
While I am strong I will get what I need

You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door

If you're concerned with the moral imperative
If you are tripping on the right thing to do
Come to my office with the exclusive screenplay
I think there's money in a book about you

Ah, ah, what have you got to lose?
Ah, ah, which are you gonna choose?

I choose what's mine so what's mine will be all mine
Gonna make a million on the folly of men
Don't even care about no consequences
Turn my damnation into chapter ten

You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door
Oh
Oh yeah

Blues Traveler (formerly known as "The Establishment" or "The Establishment Blues Band") is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band's music spans a variety of genres, including blues rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. They are known for extensive use of segues in live performances, and were considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the 1990s, spearheading the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.

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