Amateur

I wanna be an amateur That's what I would like to some day be I wanna be an amateur Back like I used to be I wanna go down to the essence Down to the essence Down to my clumsy childhood essence I wanna be essentially, unfiltered, free I don't like power I don't like hierarchy I don't worship human power The idea of enemy is not for me I'm an American I'd like to think that means real democracy I wanna be amateur When you're an amateur You don't have the whole thing preconceived You're flying blind You didn't get a pricey art degree Or if you did that's fine If you can forget your vocabulary Got wings to fly No sense keeping them folded neatly Take to the sky Let me hear you strain your voice so sweetly You got instinct You got almond eyes Get your feathers dirty baby If you wanna be an amateur Stick with me I don't know anything I don't know anything At least that's how I'd like to be Oh I, I wanna be an amateur --- Amateur - Ezra Furman