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Standing stiff on a cliff
And I'm not gonna leap,
Checked out the water
But it's much too deep,
No going back, no turning around,
I'll stay here and wait,
God I hope that I'm found.
My thoughts were in knots,
I couldn't get to sleep,
Went up to the attic
To see what to keep,
Threw out the useless,
Now it's bone dry,
But I still couldn't die,
Couldn't figure out why.
This place is packed,
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
The attic was empty,
And my eyes were shut,
Had to do something,
But I didn't know what.
The darkness was nice,
But it wasn't enough.
The clock wasn't stopping
So I had to get tough.
This place is packed,
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
Got up and out
And found out it was raining,
The car lived then died
But I wasn't complaining.
Hell bent for action,
Some had to be out there,
I walked then I ran,
Hoping something was somewhere.
Before too long
It didn't take long
This place came along
And I ended up here.
This place is packed,
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
And I'm not gonna leap,
Checked out the water
But it's much too deep,
No going back, no turning around,
I'll stay here and wait,
God I hope that I'm found.
I couldn't get to sleep,
Went up to the attic
To see what to keep,
Threw out the useless,
Now it's bone dry,
But I still couldn't die,
Couldn't figure out why.
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
And my eyes were shut,
Had to do something,
But I didn't know what.
The darkness was nice,
But it wasn't enough.
The clock wasn't stopping
So I had to get tough.
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
And found out it was raining,
The car lived then died
But I wasn't complaining.
Hell bent for action,
Some had to be out there,
I walked then I ran,
Hoping something was somewhere.
It didn't take long
This place came along
And I ended up here.
I needed that.
A bottle cracked,
I'm glad for that.
A good night's rest?
Forget about that!
I feel alive in this dive,
So I'll drink to that!
Song Info
Submitted by
iain On Apr 27, 2002
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oh my. no comments for this song? It's belongs on everyones top ten B-Tone songs.
This is among my favorite bosstones song, near the end after "and i ended up here!" when the horns kick in and shit. Beautiful. MMB is a band that i miss.
Words missing (at least as compared to the studio recording).
After "Couldn't figure out why" there should be:
No way, no how Know what? What now?
After "So I had to get tough" there should be:
Get tough, get up Get out, get DRUNK!