Still Standing

by Richard Ditchweed

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B-side to Leave This Town.
Oh yeah, and this is my daughter Tomaro's favorite track.

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Still Standing

Well I’ve seen wars and I’ve loved whores
I worked all my life but I’m still poor
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

I took a hit and I smoked a bit
And I drank and I drank til my liver done quit
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

I marched in the past
And I got tear-gassed
And the police kicked my skinny hippie ass
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

Why can’t the good things last forever
Why can’t they ever hey be that way again
Maybe its just I’m getting older
But no one told me when this shit’s gonna end

Well I had girls when I had curls
But they both disappeared as my life unfurled
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

Well I been loved and I been lost
And my poor heart had to pay the cost
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

I saw the love and I saw the lies
And I saw the devil with dark, sad eyes
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

Why can’t the good things last forever
Why cant they ever hey be that way again
Maybe its just I’m getting older
But no one told me when this shit’s gonna end

Why can’t the good things last forever
Why can’t they ever hey be that way again
Maybe its just I’m getting older
But no one told me when this shit’s gonna end

Well I finished school but I’m still a fool
Never be rich but ill always be cool
And I’m standing, yeah still standing

Played in bands, a million one night stands
Probably die with a guitar in my hands
But I’m standing, yeah still standing

I made people laugh, I made people cry
There’s got to be a reason but I ain’t sure why
Im standing, yeah still standing
Why can’t the good things last forever
Why can’t they ever be that way again
Maybe its just I’m getting older
But no one told me when this shit’s gonna end

Copyright Tripp Circle 2005

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released June 4, 2021
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