E D C D E

When I rock I rock

and when I dance I dance

and when I talk I talk

I never miss a chance

cuz life is too short (2)

That’s what I used to say

I don’t think I ever lived that way

I’m sorry I lied to you

I never knew that I could live

any better way So you must forgive me cuz

I used to say

When I rock I rock

And when I dance I dance

And when I talk I talk
I never miss a chance

but now it is too late

See the thing is I was lying

I kept lamenting things I never tried

And now I’ve wasted so much time

I spent so many years trying to

run from all the things I needed to do

It was pathetic

I never knew that I needed to

get a job and have something to do

not for itself but because I needed to

I am a young smart man

I’m so capable you understand

But I don’t do anything with that

I spent 23 years sitting alone in my room

Wishing for the perfect thing to do

How bout that

Every day I shirked my responsibility

so I never worked

a day in my life

I never went down to the

volunteer homeless shelter and said

I’ll work for free

But I’m tired of living that way

I think I’ve given up today

I will accept my responsibility

I will no longer waste my life

You see it’s not worth it to wait

Nothing will come that’s perfect

So When I rock I rock

And when I dance I dance

And when I talk I talk

I’ll never miss a chance

cuz now I understand

When I rock I rock

And when I dance I dance

And when I talk I talk

I’ll never miss a chance again

Even tho I’m just a young man

When I rock I rock

And when I dance I dance

And when I talk I talk

I’ll never miss a chance

Cuz My life is too short

Not in that theoretical way

that romantic bullshit can go away

I think I understand life now

I’ve been paralyzed with indecision

I don’t understand why the division

Between what I wanted and what I knew

Was right because I spent my life

running from the things I heard were right

and from what was true

But now I’ll turn my life around

And never get all down

and say I wish that I were dead

I can’t believe I spent so many evenings

sitting in my head

and waiting to die

So When I rock I rock

And when I dance I dance

And when I talk I talk

I’ll never miss a chance

Cuz my life is too short (2)

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