Written 2013-2014 in Annville, PA and Plainfield Township, PA
lyrics
Oh, what a life you've lived
Oh, what a life you've lived
Said the young man to the old man in my head
Then he turns his head and forgets
And soon the old man is dead
Middle-aged man walks his dog sometime around midnight
When suddenly he recalls an old face from the past
He hurries back home and looks at himself in the window
He sighs and thinks his life's movin' too goddamn fast
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Is there even any reason that I shouldn't be gone?
There's no question that I've wasted time, and now I'm not young
No stories to tell, and I'll have grandkids before too long
It's time to enter into and explore the world to which I belong
The only thing that holds me back
Is the thought that maybe I won't come home
I'm going
I'm gone
credits
from What a Life,
released May 1, 2020
Trombone: Sam Yoder
Trumpet: Vinny Shickora
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