
Date of issue: 23.02.2003
Record label: Demon
Song language: English
The Home Stretch |
If the day off doesn’t get you |
Then the bad reviewer does |
At least you’ve been a has-been |
And not just a never-was |
And you know it’s not a mountain |
But no mole hill is this big |
And you promise to quit drinking |
As you light another cig |
Once again you’re in the home stretch |
But you’re not sure where you live |
You recall a small apartment |
And a government you give |
Large amounts of money to |
So you’re allowed to stay |
And rest until you’re well enough |
To leave again and play |
You are making human contact |
With the postcards that you send |
To the children of your ex-wives |
And a woman, your girlfriend |
Who is living in a city |
Thousands of miles away |
That is full of young male models |
Not all of whom are gay |
In the meanwhile you’ve stopped writing songs |
There’s nothing left to say |
You’d like to get your old job back |
And mow lawns again one day |
But you keep lifting up your left leg |
Sticking out your tongue |
There’s nothing else that you can do |
And you’re too old to die young |
Too many beds, too many towns |
Not much to declare zones |
London broils and tuna melts |
On dirty microphones |
Sound man’s fallin' fast asleep |
The light man’s been up for day |
The club owner and arithmetic |
Have long since parted ways |
As for the lovely audience |
Tonight they’re rather cold |
But they’re prepared to listen |
All they have to be is told |
If the day off doesn’t get you |
Then the bad reviewer does |
At least you’ve been a has-been |
And not just a never-was |
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Central Square Song | 2005 |
The Prisoner's Song ft. Vince Giordano, The Nighthawks | 2012 |
Uptown | 2005 |
So Much To Do | 2006 |
Doin' The Math | 2006 |
Final Frontier | 2006 |
The Krugman Blues | 2010 |
Times Is Hard | 2010 |
Halloween 2009 | 2010 |
Cash For Clunkers | 2010 |
Got A Ukulele | 2010 |
The Panic Is On | 2010 |
Middle Of The Night | 2010 |
On To Victory Mr. Roosevelt | 2010 |
House | 2010 |
Fear Itself | 2010 |
Happy Birthday Elvis | 1992 |
The Birthday Present | 1994 |
Iwiwal | 1994 |
Road Ode | 1992 |