The Tragically Hip

Use It Up

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Use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later
if there's music out there laying in wait
to pounce and drain every ounce if you
wait or hesitate
and music that'll help you be tough
and come together on more than
Springsteen
though most days it's been enough
then there's music that can take you away
away
away
away

so use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later
use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later

if there's music out there staying awake
to cry and drain every eye until
hatred's eliminated
and music that can help you feel great
and come together in 'the fictive dream'
with a kind of Randy Newman take
there's music that can take you away
away
away
away
Where we can jump to our feet, agape
cause nothing is cruel
and even if it is or was
indefeasibly cruel
we don't care because...
yer a fool
I'm a fool
yer a fool
and I'm a fool....
for music that can take you away
for music that can take you away
for music that can take you away

so use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later

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narte31 On Jul 11, 2002

Use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later
if there's music out there laying in wait
to pounce and drain every ounce if you
wait or hesitate
and music that'll help you be tough
and come together on more than 
Springsteen
though most days it's been enough
then there's music that can take you away
away
away
away

so use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later
use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later

so use it up
use it all up
don't save a thing for later

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by Daryl24

20y ago

Live life to the fullest, when your time's up know that you've done all you can do, "use it all up" don't save n e thing for later, cause there might not be a later.

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