I'm walking down the road looking for a memory
Of something I knew back then
But the more I keep thinking, the more I keep sinking
Into a hole without an end
I keep running around, dancing in those circles
Chasing my own tail
Hoping it'll show me the sign I've been seeing
The one where I'm not in jail
Life's a joy to live but death makes you give
Everything you love and more
Greet it with a grin, maybe just sin
It'll always come through the door
I lost one friend and another when
I dried my last tear
Gramps pushed daisies, Grams got crazies
Damn this has been a shit year
Oh it starts with a line, here comes Father Time
Saying boy you ain't got long
But I made money, found a honey
Did I go about this all wrong?
I'm walking down the road looking for a memory
Of something I knew back then
But the more I keep thinking, the more I keep sinking
Into a hole without an end
I keep running around, dancing in those circles
Chasing my own tail
Hoping it'll show me the sign I've been seeing
The one where I'm not in jail
Since the day you're born, you know you'll be torn
Away from those you love
Reapers knock, loved ones squawk
Saying Lord let me live above
I know it's depressing, it helps not stressing
About the only truth
Death will come, life's all done
Nobody holds onto their youth
You best start living, while the living's still giving
All you need to be free
Count your blessings, heed this lesson
And live while you're still able to see
I'm walking down the road looking for a memory
Of something I knew back then
But the more I keep thinking, the more I keep sinking
Into a hole without an end
I keep running around, dancing in those circles
Chasing my own tail
Hoping it'll show me the sign I've been seeing
The one where I'm not in jail
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