day 243 - fallen soldiers

from 365 by Eric Davis

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lyrics

take your time with the bright and early
the sun will rise with or without
your participatory mind

call it quits before i turn thirty
final split of the seal
hanging all my guitars up to dry
cuz i’m done being drunk on week nights

it’s impossible
to fulfill that role
friend to everyone
and prophet to the youth
so when i’m dead and gone
i pray you’d burn these songs
so the audience never gets
to choose
whether or not
i sang good enough
for you

pour some out for our fallen soldiers
having kids and moving
closer to their steady nine to fives

(oh no)

thursday morning and fifth mimosa
can’t recall her first name
or if we slept at all last night
guess i’m still getting drunk on week nights

i was twelve years old
when a man first told
me to guard against
the opulence of youth

now that he’s dead and gone
i’ll amend his song
with my fountain pen, a coda and the blues
when i tried to sing the song along
with my nephew
i messed up the lyrics and i
sang em out of tune
whenever i fail
i fail right in front of you

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from 365, released January 5, 2020

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