![Longer Than You've Been Alive - Old 97's](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284756749963925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 27.04.2014
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: ATO
Song language: English
Longer Than You've Been Alive |
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 that 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 whisky and bottles of beer |
There’s a bottle of medicine somewhere round here |
We’ve been in nightclubs and 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 checking the clock |
I’m only human though I’m super at times |
I jump off of risers I should not have climbed |
Rock jumps won’t kill you 'til one of them does |
Well they’ll say «He died doing what he loved» |
We got our share of loving in our past |
Although we were all looking for someone who’d last |
Well, it must be hard to get partnered with me |
Some narcissism, some OCD |
Well Love that comes easy’s a fake or a fluke |
Love is a marathon, sometimes you puke |
Speaking of which there has been alcohol |
Oceans and oceans, but that isn’t all |
Mountains of weed, a handful of pills |
None of the hard stuff, that shit kills |
We’ve been doin' this longer than you’ve been alive |
Twenty good years of about twenty-five |
One, two, three |
Rock 'n' roll’s been very very good to me |
The open road’s is the only place I wanna be X2 |
I’m not crazy about songs that get self-referential |
And most of this stuff should be kept confidential |
But who even gives half a fuck anymore |
You should know the truth, it’s both a blast and a bore |
Rock stars were once such mythical creatures |
Up there with Presidents, playmates and preachers |
Aw now you just do it cause it’s what you do |
They throw underwear 'stead of money at you |
Now I’ve made a living out of shaking my ass |
And if you offer me an office, I’d have to pass |
But our jobs are all jobs, and sometimes they suck |
I love what I do, and I’ve had pretty good luck |
All the fans are all clapping screaming and squealing |
And I won’t lie to you, that’s a pretty sweet feeling |
And I might butt heads with the guys in my band |
But I never once went to work for The Man |
The men and the woman like you have been hurt |
We’re sharing this night that will soon be a blur |
We’ve been doin' this longer than you’ve been alive |
Get on the bus, and tell the driver to dri-i-ive |
Rock 'n' roll’s been very very good to me |
The open road’s the only place I wanna be 3X |
I said: The open road’s |
the only place I wanna be |
Oh yeah |
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