Don't It

Album: The Big Revival (2014)
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  • Thirteen in the thick of a cornfield
    I learned to fight, keep roads tied, and not chill
    Never did change, stayed strange, hopped a train
    My first chance I got out of Smallville
    Life has it's way of movin' you on, don't it?

    My first stop was a pawn shop
    Dropped a pretty penny for a cheap Fender with a song in it
    I had a quick right hand, and an old band
    I thought good friends would make a good band
    Life has it's way of provin' you wrong, don't it?

    And I've been right and I've been wrong
    Somewhere in between for so long
    Live the night, miss the light, and I've been shown it
    Life has it's way of keepin' you strong, don't it?

    So there I was, a long way from nowhere
    Fried mind, spare time and a blank stare
    I was just numb enough not to feel a thing
    After all we didn't share a set of rings
    Besides, how bad could it be!
    She never found out I'd never come clean
    Life has it's way of leadin' you on, don't it?

    And I've been right and I've been wrong
    Somewhere in between for so long
    Live the night, miss the light, and I've been shown it
    Life has it's way of keepin' you strong, don't it?

    Well now, have you ever been down the old back road?
    On time borrowed
    It's a trip, it's a bitch, it's an on and off light switch
    Nobody follows
    Everybody's got their own past
    Skeletons to stash, don't look back if you do, laugh
    Life has it's way of movin' you on, don't it? Writer/s: BRENT PATRICK COBB, RICHARD CHASE MCGILL
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Group
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