The Long Beds: Listen

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Middle of the road and middle-aged
Can you still tap the rage
Standing in the shadows there
Can you show me that you care
I’m all you need and a little less
I’m my own particular mess
It’s been a rude and reckless ride
What the hell, I’m still alive.

Can you get angry anymore
Or did you perish in the war
Deadly thing about the past
Sticks up your heart for petty cash
I am a desperate little boy
Someone took my favorite toy
It’s been a silly, selfish ride
What the hell, I’m still alive

chorus
I’m still alive
I’m getting by
I’m still alive
I’m getting by, doing fine just getting by

Have you defined your ecstasy
And what’s it got to do with me
My demons all have tiny feet
I hear them tripping up the street
I’ve done my time on the heartbreak side
What the hell, I’m still alive.

chorus

bridge
And then there comes that sundown day
Silent bullet with your name
Stand there tall let it take you down
Leave this world spinning around

It’s been a rude and a reckless ride
What the hell, we’re still alive
It’s been a silly, selfish ride
What the hell, we’re still alive
We’ve done some time on the heartbreak side
What the hell, we’re still alive

You could say she broke my stride
no worries ma
I’m still alive