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lyrics

Everybody have a good time
Everybody get down (x2)

Gonna live it up
Go out on the town
Why shouldn’t you celebrate
Another shit year going down?
Gonna get a little drunk
Gonna get a little high
Maybe you can just communicate
“Hey, I’m alive”
You’ll be missing out if you stay home
Why is it New Year’s Eve makes you feel so alone?
The big man at the door
Knows you’re not on the list
But you’ve been waiting so long
You’ve just got to get in
His eyes becomes more icy
The more you persist
You’re wasting his time and all these people’s time
And finally he spits

Can you justify
Can you justify
Can you justify your existence? (2x)
What do you have to show for yourself?
What do you mean to anyone else?

Everybody have a good time
Everybody get down (x2)

Everybody’s here to celebrate
But they’re not celebrating you
How is it they don’t recognize
The wonder that is you?
Your body is a prison
Self-consciousness a shiv
To make a real connection
Oh, what you wouldn’t give
You made it through another hard year on this earth
Why is it revelry that asks, “What are you worth?”
So you walk up to the bar
And you order a drink
Your turn to your neighbor
And ask her what she thinks
About the year that’s ended
And what she’s hoping for
She responds with a withering look that makes you
Want to melt into the floor

Chorus

You may not have a large bank account
You may not have connections in the right part of town
You may not have a high credit score
You may not have your name on the nightclub’s clipboard
You may not have the right style or looks
You may not have the followers or a talked about book
You may not have a luxury condo or car
You may not have a visa or a valid green card
You may have nothing to show for yourself
You may not mean anything to anyone else
But your existence is your right
So won’t someone please help you to make it through the night?

Chorus

Can you justify
Can you justify
Can you justify your existence?
Can you justify
Can you justify
Can you justify?

Everybody have a good time
Everybody get down

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from Seasonal Affective Disorder, the Album, released December 4, 2020

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In 1994, Patrick O’Donnell founded the independent label Škoda Records, based in Washington, DC, which was active through the early 2000’s (most notably releasing records by the Czech band Už Jsme Doma). Seasonal Affective Disorder, the Album, is his fourth solo album. He lives in New York City. ... more

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