Back On My Feet
John Kumjian (ASCAP ©2006)
Got a call about a week ago from an old friend of mine
Just checkin’ in, seein’ what’s new. Guess I’m doin’ fine
Been ten years or longer, been a long, long time. Well I’m….
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Back on My feet again
No lookin’ back at where we’ve been
Back on my feet again…
Did a little time, for dealin’ dime, rehab after that
Got so drunk I nearly died when I burned down my old flat
Lost my wife; lost my job; nearly lost my hat. Well I’m….
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Well I’m callin just to let you know, I’m moving to your town
Hope to come a-callin’ soon and I hope you’ll be around
Should be there in a day or two, your address I have found. Glad I’m….
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Well he said good-by and I said, “Good luck, Joe” and we wished each other well,
I was lookin’ forward to my friend and the stories we would tell
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Well I got another call about an hour ago, from another dear friend of mine
Did you hear about old Joe, he just died from a life of crime?
Robbed a liquor store just the other day, for a measly bottle of wine
Now he’s buried six feet my friend, never lookin’ back again
Buried six feet my friend
Well there’s a lesson to be learned from this, and it isn’t very hard to take
You can’t be lookin’ at the past, lookin’ at every mistake
Take a forward glance, a forward stance, live a decent life for heaven’s sake
So we can stay on our feet my friends, no lookin back at where we’ve been
Stay on our feet my friends.
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