Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad
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* co-written with Sam Cooper *
Who ever thought of dyin’ as romantic
Takin’ one last breath up on the stage
I won’t be teary eyed or tragic
When I say goodbye and drift away
Thank you all for comin’ out to see me
I don’t do this song much anymore
Just a few more notes and I’ll be leavin’
Let ‘em linger as I’m carried out the door
A legacy of all the words
I wrote and sang and spoke and heard
Underneath my Goorin Bros hat
One last strum across these strings
Lookin’ back wouldn’t change a thing
If you’re livin’ right then dyin’ ain’t so bad
Started out an hour south of Boston
Feels like forever since ‘82
Went from singin’ with the X-Rays live in Austin
To writin’ tunes for Townes and Emmylou
Regina with a sun dress in the front seat
A Guild and a Gibson in the back
Somewhere outside Bowlin’ Green Kentucky
Scribbed every line to Big Cadillac
Thank God I spent my days doin’ as I pleased
Before I took the stage
That night on Santa Rosa Beach
- February 2020 - #318