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I've Got To Use My Imagination

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Rides

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Barry Goldberg

Songwriter

Gerry Goffin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Kevin McCormick

Kevin McCormick

Producer

Barry Goldberg

Producer

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Producer

Stephen Stills

Producer

Lyrics

I've really got to use my imagination

Think of a good reason and keep on keepin' on

Got to make the best of a bad situation

Ever since I woke up and found out you were gone

Doctor sat around me, blocking out the sun

Oh, please call me and I don't talk to no one

Emptiness has found me, but it just won't let me go

I go right on living, but why, I just don't know

That I really got to use my (use my)

My imagination (my imagination)

Got to think up a good reason

To keep on keepin' on (keep on keepin' on)

I got to make the best of (best of) a bad situation

Ever since I woke up and found out you were gone

Steppin' down reality

Just don't do me no good

Because I'm misunderstanding

Well, it's too well understood

Such a sad, sad season

Where the good love dies

Not a day goes by that I just don't realize

That I really got to use my (use my)

My imagination (my imagination)

Got to think up a good reason

To keep on keepin' on (keep on keepin' on)

I got to make the best of (best of) a bad situation

Ever since I woke up and found out you were gone

Written by: Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin

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