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Life on a String (10​/​16​/​14)

from 2014 Demos by Jerry Chapman

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This week's assignment:
"Write a song that you would use for your current performance vessel (your band or whatever) but make it about a road trip in the United States."

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Tell me what was I thinking
When I started the van
Wouldn't say I was leaving
Wouldn't say that I ran

As the day turns to nighttime
You watch the scenery change
Burn through another state line
But can't remember the name

There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Living life on a string

I sleep better while we're moving
Believe that's the truth
Didn't know what we were doing
When we rode on the roof

Loaded up on beer & coffee
In the great northwest
How I came down crashing softly
That's anybody's guess

There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Living life on a string

This is everybody's story
Whether you know it or not
Lots of guts and little glory
And it's never gonna stop

There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Got your wheels on the road
Don't know where you will go
Living life on a string

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from 2014 Demos, released October 9, 2014

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