Survived My Life

from High Noon Moon by The Tyburn Jig

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lyrics

I’ve been drinking and drugging
And I’ve got no repentance
It’s a miracle I can make a coherent sentence
I was given it all I threw it all away
But I’m doing alright somehow, some way
And there are things I’ve done that I will never admit
But I still drink and smoke and cuss and spit

And I don’t mean to brag but I’ve got the right
I’ve made it through one hell of a fight
I’ve been broken and burned but I have seen the light
Sometimes I can’t believe that I’ve survived my life

It hasn’t been all bad in fact there’s been some good
But I still haven’t found my way out of the woods
I quit tying up strippers in my hotel room
But I’m a street corner shaman prophesying doom
I’ve been down town and got my shoes shined
I have wallowed in the gutter with society’s slime
I’ve walked the darkest alleys of the streets at night
I’ve embraced the darkness and forsaken the light

And I tell you these things not wishing to boast
I just had to get a few things off of my chest
Just to laugh in the face of misery and strife
Sometimes I can’t believe that I’ve survived my life

One day the wind will blow through my bones
And I’ll lay upon that desolated prairie all alone
And the rain will merge my body with the earth
But in my hand I’ll hold the whip and make the devil push that stone

There’s a tale they tell under cover of dark
In the midtown bungalows and trailer parks
About a man who just refused to die
Thought the world kept trying to kill him and
I can tell you it’s true, for I am him
Anything can be solved by a song and a bottle of gin
Anything you don’t lose, best believe you can win
Surround yourself with a good woman and good friends

One more thing before I turn out the light
There’s one more thing to think about tonight
You can shoot down the moon and have yourself a slice
And you better believe that you can survive your life

credits

from High Noon Moon, released May 1, 2011
Brad Gibbs-Vocals/Guitar
Matt Gibbs-Drums
Scott Sofer-Bass
Matt Case-Pedal Steel

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