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Social Distortion lyrics
Album: Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll [2004]
| Reach for the Sky | |
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When I was young I was invincible
I found myself not thinking twice
I never thought about no future
It's just a roll of the dice
But the day men come when you've got something to lose
And just when you think you're done paying dues
You say to yourself "Dear, God What have I Done?"
And hope its not to late cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery
But I'm leaving right now
It's just about how its you and me
You can run you can hide
Just like Bonnie and Clyde
Reach for the sky
I ain't never gonna die
And I thank the Lord for the love that I have found
And hold you tight cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
So if you please take this moment
Try if you can to make it last
Don't think about no future
And just forget about the past
And make it last
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never going down)
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never coming down)
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never going down)
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| Highway 101 | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
Take a drive up the coast, yeah highway 101
I’ll pass Ventura and Santa Barbara too, just as fast as my motor runs
Gotta pocket full of memories, some happy and some are sad
Gotta girl standin’ by my side through the good times and the bad
Listen to the boulevard, listen to the falling rain
I believe in love now, with all of its joys and pains
Sick boy, sick girl, looking nice dressed up on a Saturday night
Take a walk downtown for a while and chase the pale moonlight
I can still hear the mission bells and the train rollin’ through your town
Gonna leave this world behind, we’re Southern California bound
Listen to the boulevard, listen to the falling rain
I believe in love now, with all of its joys and pains
Follow the palm trees under the California sun
I believe in love now, I believe in love again
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| Don't Take Me for Granted | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
I’m your worn in leather jacket
I’m the volume in your fucked up teenage band
A pack of smokes and a six pack
I’m the dreams you had walkin’ down the railroad tracks
You and me
I’m your first taste of romance
I’m your first broken heart on a Saturday night
Guys like us ain’t got no chance
But I’m the thing that keeps you and me alive
But not forever
Chorus:
So take me down the road
Take me to the show
It’s something to believe in
That no one else knows
But don’t take me for granted
I’m the blood on your guitar
I’m that wave you caught back in 1975
I’m as strong as a thousand armies
I’m as soft as a pedal on a long stem rose
I am love
Chorus: x 2
So take me down the road
Take me to the show
It’s something to believe in
That no one else knows
But don’t take me for granted
I’m with you when you’re born
You can take me when you die
With all the reasons why
But don’t take me for granted
No one knows
Don’t take me for granted
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| Footprints on My Ceiling | |
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Tabbed BY Matt Shepard
Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
What may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
Wanna go without a care
Pull gardenias from her hair
I think of a time we didn’t have a care in the world
Captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
She had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen
Chorus:
How do you talk without speaking? Yea
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? Yea
How do you take without giving?
We keep it all inside?
There are footprints on my ceiling
I can’t help this fucked up feeling
Something’s wrong, you ain’t comin’ around here no more
Try to get my thoughts together
I think of a time when things were better
This miscommunication is breaking me down
Chorus:
How do you talk without speaking? Yea
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? Yea
How do you take without giving?
How you treat your new best friend?
Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
What may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
My heart is heavy slowly sinking
I redirect my desperate thinking
And kiss her red full lips like I did the very first time
Chorus:
How do you talk without speaking? Yea
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? Yea
How do you take without giving?
There are footprints on my ceiling yea
And I kept it bottled up inside
All my life
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| Nickels and Dimes | |
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I'm a cadillac tramp at the end of his road
A swap meet rat who's sittin' on gold, yeah baby
I'm a guitar gangster without a tune
I'm the baseball bat that's waiting to swing
Your loan shark friend with the broken knees
I'm a penthouse pauper with nothing to do
Chorus:
Yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm chasing nickels and dimes
While the rest of the world passes me by
Nah, nah, nah... I'm just wasting my time
I'm just sitting here and wondering why
I'm the high rollin' creep that's in too deep
With the slicked back hair and the silver teeth, yeah baby
I'm a vagabond king with a stolen crown
I'm a jailhouse poet, a genius, a fool
I'm the pimp who's lost his cool, yeah baby
I've got first class taste in a second class town
Chorus
I'm a loaded gun pointed at the mirror
A drugstore cowboy who's end is near, yeah baby
I'm a big time schemer with broken down dreams
I'm a derelict rebel without a cause
I ain't the cat with the sharpest claws, no baby
'Cause sometimes life just ain't what it seems
Chorus
... And just like you, I'm wondering why.
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| I Wasn't Born to Follow | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
When I grow up, Gonna be a star
Gonna sing my songs and play my guitar, I'm ready
Gonna change the world , gonna turn the page
Gonna say what I feel , let out this rage, get ready
We're going down, down to the streets below
Gonna sing the songs of the streets again
Gonna knock me off my feet, so get ready
I'll sing a song for the fallen angels
This goes to all the unsung heroes
We're going down, down to the streets below
'Cause don't you know, I wasnt born to follow
I relize that in your eyes you got ideas
But i got mine, get ready
Here comes the new generation
Hope they feel and fight the same way as we did
We're going down, down to the streets below
'Cause don't you know, I wasnt born to follow
When I grow up, Gonna be a star
Gonna sing my songs and play my guitar, I'm ready
Gonna change the world , gonna turn the page
Gonna say what I feel , let out this rage, get ready
We're going down, down to the streets below
I said "goodbye to the masses, I wasn't born to follow"
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| Winners and Losers | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
Winners and losers, turn the pages of my life
We’re beggars and choosers, with all the struggles and the strife
I got no reason to turn my head and look the other way
We’re good and we’re evil, which one will I be today?
There’s saints and sinners
Life’s a gamble and you might lose
There’s cowards and heroes
Both have been known now to break the rules
There’s lovers and haters
The strong and the weak will all have their day
We’re devils and angels
Which one will I be today?
Chorus:
Are you happy now with all the choices you’ve made?
Are there times in life when you know you should’ve stayed?
Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?
Winners and losers, which one will you be today?
There’s a light and a dark side
Standing at the crossroads, there we’ll meet
There’s prophets and fools there
The lies and the truths, will be at our feet
I got a reason to turn my head and look the other way
Its heaven and hell here, which one will I live today?
Chorus:
Are you happy now with all the choices you’ve made?
Are there times in life when you know you should’ve stayed?
Did you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?
Winners and losers, which one will you be today?
Which one will you be today?
Which one will I be today?
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| Faithless | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
I know a girl who warns of the dangers of love
All the pain and the anguish, the sorrow that it brings
She keeps herself in a world that’s protected
Her outsides are tough
But inside her heart longs to sing
Chorus:
Don’t let your walls down
You might fall in love, you might fall in love
He’s gonna get his girlfriend’s name tattooed on his neck
And hope he never, never lives to regret
He’s gonna walk down that long dark alley
And what he finds there you know he’ll never forget
Chorus:
Don’t let your walls down
You might fall in love, you might fall in love
They’re crashing down now, you might fall in love
I remember a time I believed
That the words love and pain were both one in the same
I’m gonna trade in my old ways for a new shot at life
I’m gonna change, change my direction
I’m gonna change my ways
Chorus:
Don’t let your walls down
You might fall in love, you might fall in love
They’re crashing down now
It’s you I’m thinking of, it’s you I’m thinking of
You might fall in love; it’s you I’m thinking of
We might fall in love
Let’s fall in love
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| Live Before You Die | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
When pressures up and the stress is high
And I wanna bid this world good bye
I’m gonna bury my frustrations
Grab some of life’s satisfactions
Yeah I’m gonna live before I die
I try to find some place of mind
When my life’s treating me unkind yeah
Pain will be my motivation
I’m gonna use my imagination
Yeah I’m gonna live before I die
Chorus:
So close your eyes and embrace your memories, your memories
Leave your troubles and your worries far behind, so far behind
Stop contemplating and start celebrating
Yeah you gotta live before you die
I think of chances I didn’t take
I try to learn from my mistakes, yeah
I’m tired of being pushed around now
Life ain’t gonna drag me down now
Yeah, I’m gonna live before I die
Chorus:
So close your eyes and embrace your memories, your memories
Leave your troubles and your worries far behind, so far behind
Stop contemplating and start celebrating
Yeah you gotta live before you die
Before you die, before you die
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| Angel's Wings | |
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Tabbed By Matt Shepard
You say you'r down on your luck
Hey baby It's along, Long way up
Hold back now... Hold back your fears
You say you're really down and out
And you feel like there's no way out now
Let go now let go of your tears some more
How many times have you asked yourself
Is this the hand of fate now that I've been dealt?
You're so disillusioned this can't be real
And you can't stand now the way you feel
I dan't care about what they say
I won't live or die that way
Tired of figuring out things on my own
Angel's wings won't you carry me home
You say you're down on your luck
Hey baby It's along, Long way up
Hold back now... Hold back your fears
You say you're really down and out
And you feel like there's no way out now
Let go now let go of your tears some more
I triumphed in the face of adversity
And I became the man I n ever thought I'd be
And now my biggest challenge , a thing called love
I guess I'm not as tough as I thought I was
I dan't care about what they say
I'm gonna marry you some day
Go ahead and wake up, It's a brand new day
Angel's wings gonna carry you away
Angel's wings gonna carry me away
Angel's wings gonna carry us away
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