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Final Straw

from Fretbuzz by John Egenes

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You’re sitting there thinking that your life has come and gone
and that there’s nothing left to do that you aint done
sitting there watching everything pass you by
well you won’t change it all if you don’t try
you could be living on mashed potatoes and day old bread
running on the dreams that fill your head
working 2 jobs and wondering, “What’s the use?”
life won’t let you go, but that’s no excuse

Poor, poor you
sitting ‘round with nothing to do
living out your life inside the lines you draw
‘til it all comes down to the final straw

It’s all about the things you wanna say
there’s 99 years, and one more day
you’ll find that you’re a prisoner inside the lines you draw
when it all comes down to the final straw

You sit and moan about losing everything
but it’s the same old story, the same old song you sing
you can’t keep looking back, you can’t keep asking why
it’s only 99 years, and then the day you die

So keep the licks you’ve taken on the way
and remember that they’re just a price you pay
and every day you live, it’s another day in school
from a newborn babe to a full grown country fool

Poor, poor you
sitting ‘round with nothing to do
living out your life inside the lines you draw
‘til it all comes down to the final straw

It’s all about the things you wanna say
there’s 99 years, and one more day
you’ll find that you’re a prisoner inside the lines you draw
when it all comes down to the final straw

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from Fretbuzz, released February 1, 2007
Alan Anderson: drums
Rob Burns: bass
Anthony Lander, Mike Moroney: harmony vocals
Terry Ebeling: harmonica
Gunther Flutney: percussion, shaker
John Egenes: rhythm guitar, electric guitar, piano

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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