Written by David Bo Lincoln
Boathouse Friends: David Bo Lincoln, Tim Small, Steve Buzzell
Soul Sisters: Hannah Lincoln and Sage Maxwell
Instrumentation:
Bass: David Bo Lincoln
Everything else: Steve Buzzell
Vocals: David, Tim, Steve, Hannah and Sage
Photograph: Colleen Grover
Everything is negotiable
David (BO) Lincoln copyright 2020
You want it this way and I want it that
You wanna jump in. I wanna hang back
Ain’t no way we can avoid the fact… that
Everything’s negotiable
You try and push I try and pull
You like cotton. You know I like wool
Glass is half empty. Glass is half full
Everything’s negotiable
Might do it now. Might have to wait
Might have to capitulate
Might be too soon. Might be too late
Might have to negotiate
You gotta work. I wanna play
You gotto go. I want you to stay
You know, I know, you know what I’m gonna say
Everything’s negotiable
Might do it now. Might do it later
Might have to be the instigator
Might have to just accept my fate
Might have to negotiate
Like it a lot? Like it a little?
Is it a question? Is it a riddle?
Howsabout we just meet in the middle?
Everything negotiable
Everythings’s negotiable
There only 3 things that I’m sure of
Death, taxes and a mother’s love
Everything else…
Is negotiable
It’s negotiable
It’s negotiable
What?
(pause)
Yes, I know what capitulate means…
(pause, listen)
No, I did not have to look it up on the Google….
Oh you’re breaking my heart..
Hey, I see that look in your eye.
You’re just messing with me…
That's all part of your strategy
'Cause everything's negotiable isn't that right baby?