Nimble Bastard

Album: 8 (2017)
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  • Has it come to this?
    We're stuck in the weeds
    I get it, I'm not perfect, I was never trying to be
    But I'm not long for this earth
    If we really only ever get one chance to burn
    I gotta trip before I can see the finish
    How else would I learn?
    I wanna know, how is it you do it?

    When you land on your feet
    You're a nimble bastard
    And you don't skip a beat
    Such a nimble bastard
    Salt of the earth
    Such a nimble bastard
    Won't you show, lowly us
    How do you see the stars from that far down?

    Ah ha, I swing and I miss
    And then come the creeps
    It makes me want to faint
    I wanna know, how is it you do it?
    Ah ha, how do you spill the paint?
    And then fit it into a frame?

    When you land on your feet
    You're a nimble bastard
    And you don't skip a beat
    Such a nimble bastard
    Salt of the earth
    Such a nimble bastard
    Yeah, won't you show, lowly us
    How do you see the stars from that far down?

    Has it come to this?
    Has it come to this?

    When you land on your feet
    You're a nimble bastard
    And you don't skip a beat
    Such a nimble bastard
    Salt of the earth
    Look out
    Won't you show, lowly us
    How do you see the stars from that far down?
    You're a nimble bastard
    Salt of the earth
    Such a nimble bastard
    Salt of the earth
    You're a nimble bastard
    Yeah, won't you show, lowly us
    How do you see the stars? Writer/s: Benjamin Kenney, Brandon Boyd, Christopher Kilmore, Jose Pasillas, Michael Eizinger
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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