Words From The Attic... Living For The City

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LoLoL
Here comes that 60's,
hippie vibe again!


Would be nice to not...
have to remain inside the rat race.
But we do what we have to do
to live this life.


And hopefully we all make to that point,
of throwing out our line,
into the calm blue water!


Stevie Wonder
may have been the
catalyst behind this.

That verse at the end
is from one of my favorite
Skynyrd songs...
Gimmie Back My Bullets!

Living For The City

Living a life

That you think you chose

And fighting your thoughts

And those painful woes

It's a battle that's been won

And sometimes lost

As you lose your breath

From the cars exhaust

The money is there

But it must be found

But you mustn't get caught

In the old run around

The bosses you have

They are loud

And fat

With blinders on

They just don't know

Where it's at

You have to swallow it all

Until you're blue

The orders they give

And the rest of the bull

Five days a week

That's 9 to 5

And there's only one thing left

To keep you alive

Those two days that come

And not a moment too soon

The days you relax

And listen to the birds

Just whistle a sunny tune

Saturday and Sunday

It's a void in time

It's the only two days

Where the pieces fit

And the words
They always rhyme

But the weekend

It comes and goes so fast

Like the stars in the sky

So brilliant and vast

So keep a stiff upper lip

And a tie that's straight

While I get me my pole

And go fetch some bait

You see

I'm not like you

And I will never be

You can have your fast pace

And your women of the night

Those taxi cabs

And your Garden fight's

And I'll just lie back

And think a nice thought

While my woman and I

Share some wine

Of a vintage sort

I'll see you next week

Say maybe at five

That is of course

If you don't get killed

And you're still alive

I can't understand the way you live

The rushing

The killing

And even the bribing

You don't even call it living

You call it... surviving

If I were you

And I'm happy I'm not

I would think about that

And hard

Straighten out that tie... fool

Been up and down since I turned 17

Well I've been on top

And then it seems I lost my dream

But I've got it back

I'm feelin' better everyday

So tell all those pencil pushers

Ya better get outta my way!

Ronnie Van Zant

Gary Rossington

of

Lynyrd Skynyrd