Frank Turner - Live Fast Die Old lyrics

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I bought my soul back from the devil, <br />

And now I'm keeping it all to myself.<br />

I'm checking myself out of the program, <br />

Because I know what's best for my health.<br />

So why live the dream like you're running out of sleep?<br />

I'm not playing to pass time, I'm playing for keeps.<br />

We only just started and you're throwing the fight.<br />

You'd rather burn out than fade away?<br />

Well why not both, I plan to stay.<br />

So let's do this once and let's do it right.<br />

I used to act like none of this mattered, <br />

I used to say that I didn't care, <br />

That we wouldn't be doing this forever, <br />

But the truth is that I was just scared.<br />

So you put up a front to protect yourself, <br />

But if we're down on the floor, why get back on the shelf?<br />

You can't change your outfit now the night has begun.<br />

But we've still got the fuel, <br />

We still have the fire, so me and you, Jay, <br />

Let's never retire, let's keep on making mistakes till we're done.<br />

I'm going to live fast and I'm going to die old, <br />

I'm going to end my days in a house with high windows<br />

On the quiet shores in the South-West.<br />

So you sort the tunes and I'll bring the beers, <br />

And on my seventieth birthday I'll see you right here, <br />

And together we'll watch the sun set.<br />

There's no one in my coffin, there's nothing in my grave, <br />

I'm tired of being damned, I'd rather be saved, <br />

And we can never sell out because we never bought in, <br />

And if they build it back up, <br />

Then we'll swing back through town and burn the whole thing down again.<br />

It won't last so be bold, choose your path, show soul, live fast and die old.