They were failing dutifully

If you抮e going to fail at all

Failing came more easily

Than it did to us all

And I wanted to be there

See them begin

It was easy to see they were

The best band to be in

I gave up drugging

When you spiked my drink

Stopped freeloading

When I could not get in

I gave up singing

When I was told

I could not dance

Knew my place in the world

When I heard them start



Woke up on Sunday morning

With a hole

the size of my pool

Couldn抰 believe

I磀 grown so ugly

Couldn抰 believe

I磀 been so cruel

I should抳e set back

Thought about their past

East coast to west coast

How they抎 struggled

for their art



Some people

were born to write

Some people

were born to dance

Thought I knew my place in the world

Thought I knew my art

Glad to be there, see them begin

It was easy to see

They were the best band to be

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