Song Description
Trying to sort out problems in the middle of the night, subject comes to the conclusion that things can't be changed that way, concience advises him to move on.
| Song Length |
3:06 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Worried |
Subject |
Frustration, Worry |
| Similar Artists |
Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
LIFE AS IT HAPPENS
It's four am and I'm wide awake, layin' in my bed
All of yesterday's mistakes keep walkin' through my head
I'm still wadin' in the water gone underneath the bridge
Sinkin' lower as I try to justify the things I did
Well it's five am and I'm still awake, starin' at the wall
The clock keeps tickin' my life away, nothin' I can do at all
Then a little voice inside me says, "I'm gonna show you how
To live life as it happens, startin' now"
"First, stop knittin' that old sweater, it ain't gettin any better
And it don't look too good on you anyhow
So if you wouldn't mind can we just leave the past behind us
And live life as it happens, startin' now"
Well I said, that's good advice, but you might try instead
Walkin' out here in my shoes and quit hidin' in my head
Reflect on my condition and I think you'll understand
Why I need your sympathy and not your heavy hand
Then I hear, "fool who you talkin' to
I don't think you see
That most of me is really you
But the best of you is me"
"So just stop knittin' that old sweater, it ain't gettin any better
And it don't look too good on you anyhow
And if you wouldn't mind can we just leave the past behind us
And live life as it happens startin' now"
Just try and live life as it happens...startin' now
Copyright Rae Welch 2006