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Einstein's Brain

from Cry Till You Laugh by Terri Hendrix

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A smile has and always will be my ally. This is one of the reasons why Mickey Mantle’s smile is mentioned in this song. My brain broke when I was about 7 years old. As I get older, it breaks more often. Laughter has proven to be the best medicine. It’s far cheaper and with fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals. Also, unlike health insurance, “laughter” can’t drop you. It picks you up.
 
In the book, this chapter is all about keeping the Mickey Mantle smile and facing adversity with humor.  On my end, I was officially diagnosed with Epilepsy in 1991, but my medical records date back to 1989 and even further back to my childhood. Unfortunately, last year, history repeated itself and I found myself confronting the same issues I had during the recording and release of “The Art of Removing Wallpaper.” This experience has humbled me, and in opening up about my plight, I’ve encountered people with far greater obstacles than my own. They have in turn challenged me to rise above the trivial, scramble up from self-pity, and rather than stare at my feet with a scowl on my face, reach towards the sun. 

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If I had Picasso’s hands
Oh, the world I’d draw
If I had Einstein’s brain
Oh, the good I’d do

It’s like tryin’ to sail
When I’m no where near the sea
Some things come so easily
Not for me

Chances have come and gone
I’ve said hello and said so long
Missed the boat and caught a train
Lost my turn
Time and again

It’s like tryin’ to sail
When I’m no where near the sea
Some things come so easily
Not for me

Lately I’ve been thinkin’
I need to rest a while
You can go on chasin’ down the moon
Hey, I’m no Mickey Mantle
But I got his smile
I cry till I laugh
That’s what I do

On the dance floor I’m no Fred Astair
I’ve got two left feet and I don’t care
Without grace I still pray
With the answers light years away

It’s like tryin’ to sail
When I’m no where near the sea
Some things come so easily
Not for me
Not for me
Not for me

If I had Picasso’s hands
Oh, the world I’d draw
And if I had Einstein’s brain …

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from Cry Till You Laugh, track released June 22, 2010

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Terri Hendrix San Marcos

Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace, warmth and uplifting melodic flair that has long been her trademark. A classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Hendrix dodges musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and jazz into an eclectic style all her own. ... more

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