A Life To Live

I've got a life,
not a silly life,
just a life
a life that I live,
a life I do not miss
I live it in style
I live it with a smile

it can be nice
could be poor
could be wild
could be
crossing The Nile
could be sad
lyiing in bed
could be bad

my case I rest
it's a life I've led
is not over yet
there's more to come
so much to be done
a lot get none

I, I get it all
from start to finish
my life is a gimmick
if you want to try
better be wise
you got to have style
you must persist to live
you must be ready to give

you must be ready
to take the worst
living a life like this
is a case of surviving
becomes a case of dying
if you don't know how
you must be taught

I'm afraid by then
I won't be around
'cause I've got more lives
to live
one of them was this

(c) JR. Eightees

Even though they're bad

in a house with many rooms
all with a part of my life

I'm dustin' them one by one
see what I find

it's bits an' peaces
an' I don't see what I like

been makin' some wrong turns
those doors are closin' in my face

got to open them up again
an' I can't let go of those memories
they're so much a part of me

even though they're bad
they're all I ever had
seem to have lost the key

a world has turned me out
gonna build a new one
those doors will open loud

'cause I can't let go
of those memories
they're so much a part of me

even though they're bad
they're all I ever had

an' the house will be standing
as it always did

with the closed doors
with the many rooms
with all the memories

it will open up once more
'cause I can't let go of
those memories

they're so much a part of me
even though they're bad
they're all I ever had

so let me live my life
I've lived hard an' long
it'll pass and I'll walk along

(c) JR.  eightees