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Advice From a Would-be Artist About To Attend Barber College
(To be sung to the instrumental version of "King of Pain")
by Michael C. Keith

There’s a million people writing, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people painting, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people acting, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people singing, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people composing, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people dancing, but       
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people sculpting, but
          only a thousand should.

There’s a million people striving, but
          only a thousand should.