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HE WOKE UP AND HE DIDN?T KNOW JUST WHERE HE WAS
I GUESS I HAD ANOTHER CLOSE CALL HE THOUGHT
STRANGE I DON?T REMEMBER ANY ACCIDENT
WAS IT LIKE THE LAST TIME WHEN MY CAR TUMBLED?
HIS BLOOD RACED THE 500 ON A BURNING TRACK
HIS MIND THE RACE CAR DRIVER OF HIS FEAR
THE MORE HE WOKE UP AND REGAINED HIS CONSCIOUSNESS
THE MORE IT TERRIFIED HIM DEATH HAD COME SO NEAR

CHORUS:
SOME PEOPLE RIDE THE WAVES ON A SURF BOARD
OTHERS SWIM TO SAFETY LETTING GO
STILL OTHERS FIGHT THE CURRENT FOR THEIR VERY LIVES
WIND UP DROWNING IN THE UNDER TOW
GOD KNOWS WHY THE SURGEONS HIDE BEHIND WHITE MASKS
WHEN YOU?RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR THE ANGELS SING
IN THE SHATTERING AND THE BREAKING OF THE WINDSHIELD GLASS
WHAT LESSON CAN THIS CLOSE CALL BRING?

BRIDGE:
OH DARK, STORM CAPTIAN
DEATH, YOU ARE A FRIEND OF MINE
YOU LET ME OFF YOUR RUSTY HOOK A COUPLE TIMES
I SPIN MY LUCKY QUARTERS AND I TWIRL MY DIMES
ON COUNTER TOPS OF BARS WHERE I DON?T FEEL
AND I DON?T WANT TO EXIT AT DOOR NUMBER THREE
AND SEE ALL MY LOST CHANCES LOOKING BACK AT ME
PLEASE HELP ME SWIM TO SAFETY
PLEASE HELP ME TO LET GO
AND SAVE ME FROM ANOTHER CLOSE CALL
SAVE ME FROM ANOTHER CLOSE CALL
SAVE ME FROM ANOTHER CLOSE CALL
SAVE ME FROM ANOTHER CLOSE CALL

I WONDER WHO IT IS WHO HAS IT IN FOR ME?
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF MY SHOW?
?CAUSE IF MY LIFE WAS A MOVIE
I REALLY WOULDN?T WANT TO HAVE TO GO

INTERLUDE


AS SURE AS THE WONDER OF A NEW BORN CHILD
AS SURE AS A GARAGE BAND THAT?S BROKE AND WILD
AS SURE AS THE DUST GETS ON MY FANCY SHOES
AS SURE AS THE BAD GETS PUT ON T.V. NEWS
AS SURE AS A TWIN WHO IS A LOOK?A-LIKE
AS SURE AS YOUR FINGER?S STUCK INSIDE THAT DYKE
TAKE YOUR FINGER OUT AND IT COMES CRASHING THROUGH
THIS LIFE IS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF YOU
THIS LIFE IS GONNA BE THE END OF YOU
THIS LIFE IS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF YOU!

CHORUS II:

SO KEEP YOUR LUCKY PENNIES AND YOUR CANDY BARS
AND BUCKLE UP WHEN YOU RIDE IN YOUR SOBER CARS
AND NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED JUST HOW BLESSED YOU ARE
LUCKY TO BE GIVEN TWO CLOSE CALLS!