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One life to live but we're doing it right, you see,
cap a brother down cause he's nothing to me.
Everyone's saying that it's wrong to cheat,
but there's no other way to get my life on easy street.
Someone else telling you what you're living for,
been knocking you down, now you're looking for more.
All sudden you hear is a closing door,
been looking for peace but they're bringing you war.
Rich man crying cause his money is time.
Poor man smiling cause he knows he ain't lying.
There's a man over there says he's tougher than me,
but I've got eyes that can see through fantasy.
I think my life is passing me by.
I think my life is passing me by.
Take it all back cause it don't mean nothing,
but if you give it away, and you're looking for something back.
Wake up every morning and there's nothing there.
No reason to die, no reason to care.
Someone else telling you what you're living for,
been knocking you down, now you're looking for more.
All sudden you hear is a closing door,
been looking for peace but they're bringing you war.
One life to live but we're doing it right, you see,
cap a brother down cause he's nothing to me.
Rich man crying cause his money is time.
Poor man smiling cause he knows he ain't lying.
I think my life is passing me by.
I think my life is passing me by...
cap a brother down cause he's nothing to me.
but there's no other way to get my life on easy street.
been knocking you down, now you're looking for more.
been looking for peace but they're bringing you war.
Poor man smiling cause he knows he ain't lying.
but I've got eyes that can see through fantasy.
I think my life is passing me by.
but if you give it away, and you're looking for something back.
No reason to die, no reason to care.
been knocking you down, now you're looking for more.
been looking for peace but they're bringing you war.
cap a brother down cause he's nothing to me.
Poor man smiling cause he knows he ain't lying.
I think my life is passing me by...
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i can't even express how much i love this song.
Oh shit. I think everyone feels this way sometimes. After I read the lyrics I thought to myself, "god, life can be shitty." The part, "I think my life is passing me by" is so true. This song is great. Other Sam Roberts music songs are awesome too, download them.
This IS an awesome song, thanks for posting lyrics, Humbert!!! But, I think it's "poor man smiling 'cause he knows he ain't blind".... I'm not sure, the captioning said "blind" and it sorta looks like he's saying it. Oh well, not that important. Anyway, I love the video for this song, it reflects the lyrics really well. I think Sam Roberts wrote this when he was thinking about how you can work so hard to get no where, and it doesn't matter if you cheat or do the wrong thing because even if you do the right thing life will just pass you by. The people in society who are on the top (the rich, the tough) always seem so much better off, but the rest of the world can see through it. And all the while, nothing means anything, there's nothing there, no reason for anything. "Someone else telling you what you're living for, been knocking you down, now you're looking for more." That line really pumps me up, and makes me motivated to prove to everyone who's judged me wrong. But then it goes on to say "All sudden you hear is a closing door, been looking for peace but they're bringing you war." And the door just closed in my face and I'm right back where I began. Life is a hopeless case. Why bother trying? (That is just my take.)
One thing, yes, it's blind, not lying. Just a minor correction (check the CD booklet one)
Okay, my basic view on this song, I found it to be rather refreshing and very calm for me and I agree with the lyrics, because I feel like everything's moving ahead of me, but I'm still behind, watching the mayhem and carnage caused by the uprooting of their home and mobility of their legs.
Ah, christ. I also forgot,
It's not cap my brother down, it's 'got my brother down'
Why I know this? I'm a lipreader. ¬_¬
There's a man over there says he's tougher than me, but I've got eyes that can see through fantasy
...spoken by one of the shortest guys you'll ever meet.
i love sam- he is amazing- we were born in a flame is an awesome album - keep em comin.
first of all don't download his songs, if you like the music go out and buy the cd, this is a canadian band that's had a fairly difficult time getting started (I'm refering to Northstar and what Sam has told me) second just a little info on the song, Sam wrote it while on the train or the bus from montreal to pembroke to record the album, it was in the middle of winter when it was written but many people consider it a summer song
"and the only sound you hear is a closing door"
Man this song is good. It's very spiritual to me. I love closing my eyes and flowing with the acoustic guitar and the bass...