A Rock

Album: A Rock (2020)
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  • (Yeah)
    (Are we ready?)
    (Uh-huh)

    When your mom and dad are ten feet tall
    You got a superhero poster on your wall
    Don't know the world's full of greed and lust
    You just slide into third and ride the school bus
    Wrestling is real, summer goes fast
    A dollar bill feels like a wad of cash
    There's war and drugs and guns on hips
    But all you're thinkin' 'bout's how far you can skip a rock
    A rock
    A rock

    Then the wheels on your bike turn to gasoline
    Get your first taste of love and nicotine
    Your heart gets broke, your folks find your lighter
    You lose a few fights and learn you ain't a fighter
    You know what's wrong and you know what's right
    But you wanna be cool on a Friday night
    Somebody puts a bottle in front of your face
    For the first time you're stuck between a hard place and a rock
    A rock
    A rock

    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    Yeah

    Then you're paying bills and you're workin' hard
    And you're with your friends at the local bar
    Hook up with someone, tell 'em how you feel
    And just like that it's something real
    Then you meet their mom and you meet their dad
    Start havin' thoughts that you never had
    Like that's the kinda thing worth wakin' up for
    Next thing you know you're savin' up for a rock, yeah
    A rock
    A rock

    And one day your breath costs life itself
    Your book gets hung on Heaven's shelf
    They say a few words like it's a damn shame
    Then they lay you down and they write your name on a rock
    A rock
    A rock

    Yeah, we're all just livin' life on a rock
    We're all just livin' life on a rock
    We're all just livin' life on a rock
    We're all just livin' life on a rock
    Said we're all just livin' life on a rock
    We're all just livin' life on a rock
    We're all just livin' life on a rock
    Yeah, we're all just livin' life on a rock, yeah

    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da
    La-da-da-da, da-da Writer/s: Jake Mitchell, Michael Hardy, Smith Ahnquist
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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