Longer Than You've Been Alive

Album: Most Messed Up (2014)
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  • We've been doin' this longer
    Than you've been alive
    Propelled by some mysterious drive
    And they still let me do it
    As weird as it seems
    And I do it most nights
    And then again in my dreams
    Infinite hallways and giant hotels
    Dressing room looks
    'bout as good as it smells

    Bottles of whiskey
    Bottles of beer
    There's a bottle of medicine
    Somewhere 'round here
    We've been in nightclubs
    We've been in bars
    Honky-tonks and theaters
    From Memphis to Mars
    Most of our shows
    Were a triumph of rock
    Although some nights I might
    Have been checkin' the clock

    I'm only human
    Though I'm super at times
    I've jumped off of risers
    I shouldn't have climbed
    Rock jumps won't kill you
    'Til one of them does
    Well, they'll say he died
    Doin' what he loves
    We got our share
    Of lovin' in our past
    Although ee were all lookin'
    For someone who'd last

    It must be hard to get
    Partnered with me
    Some narcissism
    Some OCD
    Love that comes easy's
    A flake or a fluke
    Love is a marathon
    Sometimes you puke

    Speaking of which
    There has been alcohol
    Oceans and oceans
    And that isn't all
    Mountains of weed
    And handfulls of pills
    None of the hard stuff
    That shit kills
    We've been doin' it longer
    Than you've been alive
    Twenty good years
    Of about 25

    Rock 'n' Roll's been very very good to me
    The open road's the only place I wanna be
    Rock 'n' Roll's been very very good for me
    The open road's the only place I wanna be

    I'm not crazy 'bout songs
    That get self-referential
    Most of this stuff
    Should be kept confidential
    Ah, but who even gives
    Half a fuck anymore
    You should know the truth
    It's both a blast and a bore
    Rockstar were once
    Such mythical creatures
    Up there with presidents
    Playmates and preachers

    Oh, and you now you do it
    'Cause it's what you do
    They throw underwear
    Instead of money at you
    I've made a living
    Outta shakin' my ass
    But if you offered me an office
    I'd have to pass
    But our jobs are out jobs
    And sometimes they suck
    I love what I do
    And I've had
    Pretty good luck

    Ah, the fans are all clappin'
    And screamin' and squealin'
    And I won't lie you you
    That's a pretty sweet feeling
    I might butt heads
    With the guys in my band
    But i never went to
    Work for the man
    But the men and the women
    Like you, him and her
    We're sharin' this night
    That'll soon be a blur

    We've been doin' this longer
    Than you've been alive
    So get on the bus
    And tell the driver to drive

    Rock 'n' Roll's been very very good for me
    The open road's the only place I wanna be
    Rock 'n' Roll's been very very good for me
    The open road's the only place I wanna be
    Rock 'n' Roll's been very very good for me
    The open road's the only place I wanna be
    I said
    The open road's the only place I wanna be Writer/s: Kendall Bethea, Murry Hammond, Philip Peeples, Stewart Miller
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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