In Twenty Years or So

Album: Pure Comedy (2017)
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  • What's there to lose
    For a ghost in a cheap rental suit
    Clinging to a rock that is hurtling through space?

    And what's to regret
    For a speck on a speck on a speck
    Made more ridiculous the more serious he gets?

    Oh, it's easy to forget

    Oh, I read somewhere
    That in twenty years
    More or less
    This human experiment will reach its violent end
    But I look at you
    As our second drinks arrive
    The piano player's playing "This Must Be the Place"
    And it's a miracle to be alive

    One more time

    There's nothing to fear
    There's nothing to fear
    There's nothing to fear Writer/s: Joshua Michael Tillman
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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