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- Sage Francis - Hell of a Year Lyrics
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- It's been a hell of a year, but I'm mentally prepared
- To do a dance around the next couple medical scares
- I'm Fred Astaire with the metal wearing quickly off my tap shoes
- So I step quietly, the way that cat's move
- But I'm bear-like. My head trapped in dear lights
- You can call me John, I'm writing letters to the dark side of the moon tonight
- My lovely Jane, you went away but the pain stayed
- So I'm sending you a package to the address where you traded names
- I made no claims on the identity theft
- I'm more concerned about the home with no amenities left
- And it's already a mess. The dust piles like your junk mail
- So I eat away depression and crush the scale
- You find yourself on the opposite side of the spectrum
- Emaciated on a strict diet of bed crumbs
- Me? I choose to wallow and I'll just swim in my fat
- You...refuse to swallow so I see ribs from the back
- This isn't an attack, it's an admission of guilt
- I'm living in the past, kissing your ass, sipping your milk
- But it's all bone and curdle. I saw stones in a circle
- Stood in the middle. Told myself riddles in a robe that's purple
- The murder weapon was an icicle
- Is that the reason why I'm standing in this puddle with my eyes so full?
- I fight feelings like a war on drugs
- I'm a chemist with a test tube addiction born through coffee mugs
- Our baby now is all growed up
- Your car is still dead in my driveway while I wait for the tow truck
- And you know what? I know I drove you away
- I still don't think it was wrong so I don't know what to say
- It's been a tough year. You say that life ain't fair
- Well, guess what, baby...life ain't. Thems the breaks
- You say that life ain't worth it. But it is. You gotta work it
- Nobody's life is perfect
- Yeah, you've been dealt a bad hand. Placed against a stacked deck
- Been through all the cat scans and bad checks
- But I slashed your debt. Not your wrists
- And I couldn't help with anything else that became cancerous
- Halfway people with a full baby to bury
- Took a flame to the papier-mache sanctuary
- When the smoke clears...try not to stare into the light
- But, also, don't stay in the dark as if that's what life is like
- It's just a series of unfortunate events
- But the messages we get are more important than death
- What's the rush?
- I've got a shortness of breath
- What's the rush?
- Running from you...running from me
- It's the rush. The crush. The lust. The love-trust
- So what's the trouble? The busted bubble? The unjust?
- That's just the way the cookie crumbles. It does suck
- But suck it up. We're all looking, but nothing's enough
- We used each other as a crutch. The clutch. The shift switches
- You couldn't just adjust. You combusted and ripped pictures
- This is why I'm not considered a saint?
- Well, guess what?......I ain't
- It's been a hell of a year
- You said that I ain't there, I ain't care, and life ain't fair
- It's been a hell of a trip
- You say my mind's unfit, I've been flip, and I ain't shit
- It's been a hell of a life
- You say that I ain't like the way I write and that ain't right
- It's been a hell of an attempt
- You say that I ain't meant for promises unkept
- Well, guess what, darlin..
- I'm a keep keep callin
- Guess what, darlin..
- I'm a keep keep callin
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