Name: Do My Best
Duration: P00H03M17S
Description: This song was written with Jon Seale. Jon is wildly creative in his songwriting, mixing, and production. He is also the co-founder of Mason Jar Music.

Do My Best

from Potluck by Stefan Weiner

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This song was written with Jon Seale. Jon is wildly creative in his songwriting, mixing, and production. He is also the co-founder of Mason Jar Music.

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This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To tie small pleasures with colorful ribbon
And hold high my chest

I’ll find the rhythm
In the broken and rattling pipes
Give me a dead tree
I’ll revive it. I’ll paint it white
I’d be a great success
If the measure were more the dog than its bite

This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To greet the morning without resistance
Shower and get dressed

Days in my father’s shirt
They make me a better man
He’ll work from dawn to dusk
Come home, wash the pots and pans
Gardens on weekends
Moves the earth with a gentle touch
But a great command

This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To uphold my family’s conviction
A truly good man never rests

Call me up at
Any hour on any night
Give me your sorrow
And I will do my best to give it flight
My luck is borrowed
So I’m trying to use it well
To do what’s right

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from Potluck, released August 12, 2013
Stefan Weiner - vocals, piano, electric guitar
Jason Burger - drums and percussion
Martin Nevin - upright bass
Andy Clausen - trombone
Riley Mulherkar - trumpet
Andrew Mulherkar - tenor sax

Thanks to Ian Davis for his help with the horn arrangement on this song.

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Stefan Weiner New York, New York

Stefan Weiner is an indie folk musician from Northampton, MA, based out of Brooklyn. He combines a classic approach to songwriting with a passion for music that is melodically and harmonically surprising. Inspired by everything from Top40 Pop to folk song, Stefan is on a constant quest for music that tells a story and invites listeners in. He hopes to do just that with Potluck, his latest EP. ... more

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