Name: Alive at Sixty-Five
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: Alive at Sixty-Five is a song about the need to spend the limited time we have on this earth in a manner that will make you smile on your death bed.

Alive at Sixty-Five

by Forever Fool

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Alive at Sixty-Five is a song about the need to spend the limited time we have on this earth in a manner that will make you smile on your death bed.

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'Convenience is cowardice' said the old man, as he dug his own grave.
He was force fed a lie that he believed all his life, kept ignorant and safe.
Called the kids foolish for wanting it proven that you could live your life
while crawling out the dirt, trying not to get hurt, so you can feel alive at sixty five.

And it's not that you're skill-less
It's not that you're broken.
But your mattress is the floor.
And it's not that you're lazy, you're just gathering daisies to bring
To Death's front door.

I'm not so sure I wanna live my whole life trying to reach the top shelf
Cause frankly I'm sure, if it was such a nice place, the people there would try to help.
Assist the ones stuck being down on their luck
'It could all go away!' we cry.
But one paycheck to them is still worth about 40 of mine
So even an hour is valuable time.

And it's not that you're skill-less
It's not that you're broken.
But your mattress is the floor.
And it's not that you're lazy, you're just gathering daisies to bring
To Death's front door.

What to do?
What to do?
What to do?
What to do?
What to do?
What to do?

And it's not that you're skill-less
It's not that you're broken.
But your mattress is the floor.
So it's not that you're lazy, you're just gathering daisies to bring
To Death's front door.

To bring to death's front door...
To bring to death's front door...

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released July 26, 2019
Written, recorded, and performed by Drew Cathcart (aka Forever Fool)

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Forever Fool Old Lyme, Connecticut

Singer/Songwriter from New England, most active in CT and VT.

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