Life as a song

Life's better as a song

Not so much about the coming and going

But always rolling right along

Life's better when you sing

Sure, it can't fix everything

But it's balm for the cuts and soothes the wounds

And yesterday's bruises will be gone soon

Well, the road is dusty and you want a drink

So you clear your throat and think of better things

When you sip your precious water

Let it slip down nice and slow

And let out the anxious notes

That have been begging to show

Life's better with a song

Maybe all those long high notes

Draw out the end of the bitter lows

Life's better if you sing

I admit it's not much to me

When my head hurts and my eyes sting

But when I'm losing the battle against

Everything, then, then the song goes on

Well, I took a shot for king and country

And wound up naked on bloody gurney

I thought about the life I'd led

Decided against letting myself be bled

So I let out the notes

That had buried themselves in my throat

And the birds all sang with me

And somehow I stopped hurting

Life's better as a song

Not about the coming or going

But just about rolling along

Life's better when you sing

'Cause even if it can't fix everything

It stitches the wounds that went so deep

Soothes the nerves and helps me sleep

Through the raging war

Well, I fought and died

My fair share of times

I bled and cried until my eyes ran dry

My hands may never feel the same

After losing half my brain

But, hey, at least I'm not insane

And I think I know what I'm doing

Life's better with a song

Give up pretending that you're not wrong

You'll never get anywhere

Life's better if you sing

Those long ballads about out heroes

I wasn't one of them but I know

It takes a million notes to sing the song

To warriors dead and gone

Well, life's better as a song

When you forget the coming and going

And just keep rolling right along