The Midwest Quiet - Life Is Hard, Not for Us lyrics

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The Midwest Quiet - Life Is Hard, Not for Us

Life is hard not for us

We left our crippled towns

and then we caught the bus

Down the road to somewhere bound

We kept ourselves from getting old

with tambourines and 7th chords

We saw city names

painted on the water towers

Pacific air inside our veins

Cyan days and naps on trains

Like giant trees

We float slowly to the bottom of the ocean

We could spend a life in plaid sunshine

We're raising up a roof with all our might

And i could go away and that's just fine

Life is hard, not for us

We read by fireflies at dusk

As evening came

and disappeared without a sound

Mr. Murdoch, are you there?

I want to be your faithful heir

Among the legionaires

of earnest musical traditions

I want to write like Miss July

I want the lightning in the sky

To spell the words

to every song i've never heard

We could spend a life in plaid sunshine

We're raising up a roof with all our might

And when I go away, that's just fine