Story Behind The Song

rock and roll, getting older and dealing with demons

Song Description

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Lyrics

Celebration Song (Steve Percival)

It's a simple chorus line that fell before its time
And it's the sound of cymbals crashing in my ear
It's a life of wonder at the spell that keeps me under
As the days turn into weeks turn into years

And it's knowing just-about when you have to hang it up
And knowing when you get back on the bus
And it's swimming far away from the safety of the bay
And knowing that you're just a little lost

So it's ten years gone and that celebration song
Is still ringing through my strings and through my heart
'Cause it's ten years gone and the people that I've known
Are a thousand miles and one more bar apart

And it's a universe for all the boys to sing
And the girls who made me fall out of my bed
You're a long time gone and I know it can't be long
Before my memory lets you slip out of my head

So have another drink why don't you have another dance
And let the moves you make be burned upon my heart
For it remembers things that I never thought to bring
And it keeps them like a kid counts up his scars

So it's ten years gone and that celebration song
Is still ringing through my strings and through my heart
'Cause it's ten years gone and the people that I've known
Are a thousand miles and one more bar apart


So creep cruel time let your fingers come unwind
Thread them through my hair and through my days
I am just a child who wasn't taught about unkind
And I will just go on until I fade