The Hold Steady - Stay Positive lyrics

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(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

I gotta lotta old friends that are gettin' back in touch

And it's a pretty good feelin, yeah it feels pretty good

I get a lotta double-takes when I'm comin' around the corners

And it's mostly pretty nice, yeah it's mostly pretty alright

'Cause most kids give me credit for being down with it

When it was back in the day, back when things were way different

When the Youth of Today and the early 7 Seconds

Taught me some of life's most valuable lessons

There's gonna come a time when the scene'll seem less sunny

It'll probably get druggy and the kids'll seem too skinny

There's gonna come a time when she's gonna have to go

With whoever's gonna get her the highest

There's gonna come a time when the true scene leaders

Forget where they differ and get big picture

'Cause the kids at the shows, they'll have kids of their own

The sing-along songs will be our scriptures

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

When the chaperone crowned us the king and the queen

I knew that we'd arrived at a unified scene

And all those little lambs from my dreams

Well, they were there too

'Cause it's one thing to start it with a positive jam

And it's another thing to see it all through

And we couldn't have even done this if it wasn't for you

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

We gotta stay positive