If i'm lucky enough I'll see fogs lift with suns as we roll to play a show In carolina, oklahoma or chicago I'll grow to know the road to home in places far away Wrinkled, bald and beat to shit, to never waste a day
Enough people will hate me that i know i did it right But to never meet a human to say that i don't like
Let me learn the hard way and cut it close some times That use the attic chest where every lesson lies
I'll have some kids and teach them that we are all the same Sufferin', smilin', silhouettes of every passin' day
And the love i have Will always be something my friends yearn That memories were never cheap and never easy earned
I hope to choke on jack and coke In a bar during a northern winter On a night the man was tight and right As rooftop lights flicker
If i'm lucky enough ill understand losing someone close Ill clench my teeth on new year's eve And try to talk to ghosts
I'll stumble through a market on a summer day in june Smell the salt and asphalt on sunday afternoon
I reckon i'd be lucky if i made it half as far To only die as on hills that are closest to my heart
If i'm lucky enough notebooks will be strewn across my room I'll play catch on green grass when springtime flowers bloom
If i'm lucky enough i'll tell the truth every chance i get ‘cuz smiles faked to appease another is worth ten regrets
If i'm lucky enough i will get through hard things And they will make me gentle to the ways of the world
If i'm lucky enough i'll have the courage to leave and go Wherever my beatin' heart tells me to go
If i'm lucky enough i'll get high And invite a guitar player over And he'll play sweet notes Until a new york city's rooftop sunrises
I'll meet some kids in school That still know how to play instruments
If i'm lucky enough i won't make it exactly To where i'm taking this breath now Lay my head upon the earth and laugh at passing clouds
If i'm lucky enough I'll remember the shaky things we've seen Grab your beard through tears and fears The great american bar scene