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The Life We Were Given​/​Coming Down

from Was It Something I Said? by Chris Swinney

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A warm summer’s evening
The church bells would chime
We stood around waiting for opening time
Just five more minutes
And we’ll drink our worries away

The life we were given
Is the one we have kept
It’s a whole way of living
You learn to accept
Bring in some money
Then do this all over again

But oh
Isn’t it strange
How overnight changes occur
And then you’re the stranger
Visiting where you once were

We used to stand gazing
Out over the fields
Now covered in concrete
It looks so unreal
Suppose I feel grateful
That now I’m not part of the deal

This was a dead-end street
The day that we moved in
Strange neighbours either side
And either side again
Seemed pretty normal then
It was all I knew
Some nights a crazy bitch
Would put our windows through

I made the grade that paved the way to something good
But couldn’t wait to see the day I really understood
Why those dreams they seemed so sure they’d realise
Got no assistance from the dreamer to survive

Coming down
Coming round
Coming to your senses
Growing old
Growing wise
Whatever your defence is
You can’t say
You really wanted it this way

This was a dead-end street
But even then we tried
Risking a life and limb
To see what’s on the other side

Coming down
Coming round
Coming to your senses
Growing old
Growing wise
Whatever your pretence is
You can’t say
You really wanted it this way

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from Was It Something I Said?, released April 29, 2014
Copyright © 2004 Chris Swinney

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Chris Swinney Wooler, UK

Chris Swinney is a singer, songwriter and producer from the north of England. He has released five albums and one EP since 2000. He has also recorded lots of individual tracks for download. All of these are now available from Bandcamp.

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