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The Arithmetics

from Looking For A Place To Stay by Rick Treffers

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The Arithmetics

What I wanna do is something
Which depends on numbers more than often
So why doing things out of the blue?

1+1=2 is something
That’s been said to me a million times
I always wanted 1+1 to be 3

I should have listened better to the advice
The arithmetics never lie
Though I wish they would
I’ve been outnumbered by the truth that never lies By the arithmetics of my life
That I misunderstood

What I wanna do is something
Which depends on numbers more than often
So why doing things out of the blue?
Clichés are much more numerous
Than behaviour that can’t be decoded
I’ve got to find my way back out of the woods

I should have listened better to the advice
The arithmetics never lie
Though I wish they would
I’ve been outnumbered by the truth that never lies By the arithmetics of my life
That I misunderstood
1+1=2 and 2+2=4
An outcome always opens up a door

I should have listened better to the advice
The arithmetics never lie
Though I wish they would
I’ve been outnumbered by the truth that never lies By the arithmetics of my life
That I misunderstood

I’m still counting don’t know whether I’ll win or lose
Recounting
And counting

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

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from Looking For A Place To Stay, released May 6, 2021
Ivar Vermeulen: bass, rhodes, guitar, arrangements assistance
Antonio José Iglesias: beat assistance
Rick Treffers: vocals, programming, guitars, keys, mix, arrangements

Music and words by Rick Treffers
Recorded and produced by Rick Treffers
Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Mastering

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Rick Treffers (1967) is a Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and producer, releasing albums since 1995 as Mist, El Turista Optimista, Miss Universe, Girlfriend Misery and now as Rick Treffers. In 2018 he published his first novel (in Dutch) Ik wou dat ik jouw leven had. New album in 2024: The Opposite Of Never.
File under: singer-songwriter, indie pop, indie folk, new chanson. ... more

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