Life Goes On

Album: The Papercut Chronicles II (2011)
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    Oh when the day is gone
    Oh when the nights are long
    Life goes on
    Life goes on
    We gotta live it up til it's gone (live it up)
    'Cause we won't be around too long
    Life goes on
    Life goes on (yeah!)

    Lately it seems the good dreams are few and far between
    Nightmares are putting fires out with gasoline (damn)
    And I'm just tryna stay righteous
    Sometimes I see my own face in Christ's likeness
    And apart from my life's vices, fifteen years young had my first mid-life crisis
    But it's tough to stay upright and pious when people you hold highest be the ones that most biased
    My daddy told me misery loves company
    If that's the case they must hate they ain't getting none from me
    I don't sweat it, it's embedded in my DNA
    I got a good heart and bad brains BMA

    Oh when the day is gone (yeah!)
    Oh when the nights are long (uh huh)
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (They say that life goes on. Let's go!)
    We gotta live it up til it's gone
    'Cause we won't be around too long
    Life goes on (Life goes on)
    Life goes on (You know that life goes on)

    Up late facebookin', playin' could've been
    And starin' at an empty bed my ex-girl should've been in
    Thinking what I woulda done different
    Not a damn thing 'cause finally I'm done with it
    Besides I got a girl that adores me
    And I never take for granted all things she does for me (never)
    I shoot the moon down and put it on a wedding band
    And sing "These Arms of Mine" to her
    She's an Otis Redding fan
    And she'll never forget it man (never)
    'Cause she knows she'll never find a better man
    Let's go ahead with these wedding plans
    Come on, let's sing a song life goes on

    Oh when the day is gone (day's gone)
    Oh when the nights are long (nights are long)
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (you know that life goes on. Come on!)
    We gotta live it up til it's gone (live it up)
    'Cause we won't be around too long
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (they say that life goes on)

    You take too much for granted
    (Too much. We don't want an inch we want miles)
    I just can't understand it
    (Can't understand it. Is it really that hard to smile?)
    We don't ask, we demand it

    (We demand it. It's gone when it's gone.)
    And I'm tryin' not to panic
    (But you know what they say. Life goes on.)

    Oh when the day is gone (yeah!)
    Oh when the nights are long
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (you know that life goes on. Come on!)
    We gotta live it up til it's gone (live it up)
    'Cause we won't be around too long
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (life goes on)

    They say that life goes on
    You know that life goes on
    They say that life goes on
    You know that
    You know that
    You know that life goes on

    We gotta live it up til it's gone
    'Cause we won't be around too long
    Life goes on (life goes on)
    Life goes on (life goes on) Writer/s: ANNIE ST. VINCENT, CO-WRITER UNKNOWN, DISASHI LUMUMBA-KASONGO, EMILE HAYNIE, ERIC ROBERTS, MATTHEW MCGINLEY, TRAVIS MCCOY
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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