Streetlight Manifesto – Heres To Life (Guitar)

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How did Camus really die that night? Were they right?

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When he died was it really his time? Or was it suicide?

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And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine.

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We go drinking from time to time and I find, it gets harder every time.

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Back Off! You're out on the street again.

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Don't you stop! Didn't know you were gonna swing by.

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Back Off! You're out on the street again.

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I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

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Hemingway never seemed to mind the banalities of a normal life

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and I find, it gets harder every time

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So he aimed the shotgun into the blue, placed his face in between the two 

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and sighed, "Here's To Life!"

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Back Off! You're out on the street again.

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Don't you stop! Didn't know you were gonna swing by.

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Back Off! You're out on the street again.

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I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

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Hey there Salinger, What did you do? Just when the world was looking at you

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To write anything, that meant anything, you told us you were through.

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And it's been years since you passed away, but I see no plaque, and I see no grave.

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And I can't help believing, you wanted it that way.

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Vincent Van Gogh, Why do you weep? You were on your way to heaven, but the road was steep.

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And who was there to break your fall? We're guilty, One and All.

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And I don't know much, but I do know this: with a golden heart, comes a rebel fist

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But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit.

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And it makes me sick when I think of it. All my heroes could not live with this,

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and I hope you rest in peace, because with us, You never did!

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And K.D.C., you were much too young! And you changed my life!

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But I draw the line at suicide! Here's To Life!!