Letra de Life's for the Living (Anniversary Edition)
Well, grey clouds wrapped 'round the town like elastic Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic The boy laughed and danced 'round in the rain While launderettes cleaned clothes, high heels rubbed toes Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows Dressed in their suits and their boots, well, they all look the sameI took myself down to the café to find all The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl And carved out a poem above the urinal that read"Don't you cry for the lost, smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead"While the evening pulled the moon out of its packet Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket We needed a nail, but we tacked it 'til it fell off the wall Yeah, while pigeons pecked drains, sparks flew like planes The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains And we all had new iPhones, but no one had no one to callI stumbled down to the stomach of the town Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye, she said"Don't you cry for the lost, smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Yeah, life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead"Or you're better off deadWell, I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage They take your dreams down and they stick them in storage You'll have 'em back, son, when you've paid off your mortgage and loans Ah, hell with this place, I'll go it my own way I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway Someday, someone must be going my way home'Til then I'll make my bed from a disused car With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and threadDon't you cry for the lost, smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Yeah, life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off deadSo don't cry for the lost, smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off deadDon't you cry for the lost, smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead