From the recording Negative Attitude
Song from Kerrville Song Contest
Lyrics
4, 3, 2, 1, 0, negative 1, negative 2, that’s you.
The flat side of a double-A battery has a polarity like your attitude.
I’m so mad at you. You’re always testing me.
Every glass you see is more than half empty
And you fill up the rest with your negativity.
I don’t know how you can live with an attitude so negative I can’t count that low.
Even between the two of us
there aren’t few enough fingers and toes to count that low.
Your attitude matters more to you than I do.
It’s no mystery to me why you always seem to be
in such a bad mood with that negative attitude.
It gets so cold around here these fingers and toes might freeze
when your attitude goes below zero degrees.
You shine a light through a negative to make a photograph. Like your attitude.
But that photo don’t flatter you.
Looks like you’d rather do anything than smile for the camera.
Now haven’t you heard? “A picture’s worth a thousand words.”
I don’t know how you can live with an attitude so negative I can’t count that low.
Even between the two of us
there aren’t few enough fingers and toes to count that low.
Your attitude matters more to you than I do.
I think it’s time to reprioritize if you want to be with me
you better get ready to lose that negative attitude.
It’s like climbin’ down a ladder just to get to you and your attitude.
Everything you said demonstrates your negative attitude.
It don’t matter to you what you are draggin’ me through with that attitude.