Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
TOM PETTYMost things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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