I bought my soul back from the devil,
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and now I'm keeping it all to myself.
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I'm checking myself out of the program,
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because I know what's best for my health.
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So why live the dream like you're running out of sleep?
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I'm not playing to pass time, I'm playing for keeps.
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We only just started and you're throwing the fight.
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You'd rather burn out than fade away?
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Well why not both, I plan to stay.
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So let's do this once and let's do it right.
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I used to act like none of this mattered,
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I used to say that I didn't care,
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that we wouldn't be doing this forever,
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but the truth is that I was just scared.
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So you put up a front to protect yourself,
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but if we're down on the floor, why get back on the shelf?
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You can't change your outfit now the night has begun.
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But we've still got the fuel,
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we still have the fire, so me and you, Jay,
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let's never retire, let's keep on making mistakes till we're done.
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I'm going to live fast and I'm going to die old,
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I'm going to end my days in a house with high windows
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on the quiet shores in the South-West.
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So you sort the tunes and I'll bring the beers,
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and on my seventieth birthday I'll see you right here,
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and together we'll watch the sun set.
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There's no one in my coffin, there's nothing in my grave,
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I'm tired of being damned, I'd rather be saved,
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and we can never sell out because we never bought in,
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and if they build it back up,
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then we'll swing back through town and burn the whole thing down again.
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It won't last so be bold, choose your path, show soul, live fast and die old.
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Live Fast Die Old
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Frank Turner |