Stay Lucky

Album: American Slang (2010)
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  • It took so long to get me back on my feet
    It takes so long to find the words and the beat
    And Charlie's waiting on the end of the phone
    To hear you call on him to try to recapture
    But them old records won't be saving your soul
    And them feelings got the reasons you know
    That you've forgotten somewhere
    Riding a train to place
    You are out in the cold cold
    And it feels like all you'd have to do
    Is step outside
    Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment
    That might never arrive

    But you're never gonna find it
    Like when you were young
    And everybody used to call you lucky

    Nothing feels right in the wintery cold
    Steam, heat, clang, and the dark at your door
    All the other rooms are a party tonight
    And you never got an invitation
    And you feel in your bones
    Steady aching and more
    Twenty five years gone just an hour ago
    Momma never told me there'd be days like these
    Until it was much too late to recover
    And it feels like all you'd have to do
    Is step outside
    Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment
    That might never arrive

    But you're never gonna find it
    When your knees got so weak
    But it's right here in case you need it
    Like when you were young
    And everybody used to call you lucky
    When you were young
    And everybody used to call you lucky

    But it feels like you just might explode inside
    You've been pacing around and waiting
    For some moment that might never arrive at all
    What you don't have, you don't need it anymore
    What you don't have, you don't need it anymore

    But you're never gonna find it
    When your knees got so weak
    But it's right here in case you need it
    Like when you were young
    And everybody used to call you lucky
    When you were young
    And everybody used to call you lucky

    If you're anywhere in Manhattan
    In the next eight days or so
    Let me know
    Speak to stay lucky Writer/s: BRIAN FALLON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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