I've got a lot of old friends that're getting back in touch
And it's a pretty good feeling yea it feels pretty good
I get a lot of double takes when I'm coming round the corners
And its mostly pretty nice its mostly pretty alright

'Cause most kids give me credit for being down with it
When it was back in the day back when things were way different
When the youth of today and the early seven seconds
Taught me some of lifes most valuable lessons

There's gonna come a time when the scene will seem less sunny
It'll probably get druggy and the kids will seem to skinny
There's gonna come a time when shes gonna have to go
With whoevers gonna get her the highest

There's gonna come a time when the true scene leaders
Forget where they differ and get big picture
'cause the kids at their shows, they'll have kids of their own
The sing-a-long songs will be our scriptures

We gotta stay positive
We gotta stay positive
We gotta stay positive
We gotta stay positive

When the chaperon crowned us the king and the queen
I knew that we'd arrived at a unified scene
And all those little lambs from my dreams
Well they were there too

'Cause its one thing to start it with a positive jam
And its another thing to see it all through
And we couldn't of even done this if it wasn't for you

We gotta stay positive
We gotta stay positive
We gotta stay positive


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Stay Positive Lyrics as written by Tad Kubler Craig Finn

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    positive jam was the first song on almost killed me

    "There's gonna come a time Where she's gonna have to go With whoever's gonna get her the highest" is from separation Sunday

    mechpope13on June 28, 2008   Link

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