Buckle up, drive safely.
We wouldn't want to lose you,
You're what we've grown accustomed to.
If you fall asleep, just dream.
Don't toss and turn, just rest easy.
I promise that we'll make time for you
If that's what you were wanting when you left.
We'll walk to that record store
Where you bought that Costello record
That I told you would change your mind.
Did it change your mind?
In another couple months
When you've found what you wanted to
We will sing the same old songs,
But we'll mean them more.
So let the smoke hang in the air
When you fall asleep tonight.
Please be patient.
We study numbers and money
When I can keep the kid from biting me.
So its a challenge but I still try to find the time.
I'd teach the basics of biology
If I could keep them all from fighting me.
But that's work, and its getting harder to separate myself.
I do the work of middle-aged women,
I grew a beard to hide behind.
Though I've been working for the paycheck,
I hear some work to change lives.
At my age you need to find a good woman
And start living the family life.
Though I've never been good at making money...
credits
from It Can Kill,
released May 29, 2012
Jordan Banks - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Duane Chew - Electric Guitar, Vocals
Adam Jahn - Bass Guitar
Tory Kirgiss - Drums, Rhodes, Vocals
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