Long Life

by James Lockhart Jr.

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What have I got to show for it?
Seven years of parking tickets
I told you I was feeling over it
You laughed at that, I laughed right back

I said “I don’t think I can cheer you up again”
You said “That’s fine, I had a laugh, it’s worth it in the end.
You’ve got to keep living this long life, you’ve got to watch your teeth get worse.
You’ve got to keep living this long, long life.
But I’m glad we lived it first.”

What have I got to live for now?
Fifty years of missing you
And the more I look around me now
I see I only gave myself to you

I gotta keep living this long life
I gotta watch my teeth get worse
Gotta keep living this long, long life
Gonna write another verse

And what have I got to give you now?
Fifty years of songs for you
I’ll leave behind a trail of sounds
If it sounds like that, I’ll sing it back
Your story lives within me now
A living thing, a song
I have to let it out
I’ll swallow up the photographs
And learn to laugh
And love you back

You’ve gotta keep living this long life
You’ve gotta watch your teeth get worse
You’ve gotta keep living this long life
I’m glad we lived it first

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released May 28, 2021
Recorded, mixed and written by James Lockhart
Drums and percussion by Walter Ferguson
Mastered by Dan Millice

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