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The Rotting Strip

Blurry eyes half bent and I can't take you sober

Tricking off the rotting strip that we've been trudging under

We ducked into a dim lit room out where the river bends

And turned to walk the burning bridge that we would build

And crossed our hearts half hoping

That we could both quit smoking

And kick the booze and blow

And one day go make something of ourselvesGlory came and went the night we both slipped under

'Neath the row of oil slicks and ancient ugly lovers

Some they say the price you pay is far too much to spend

But they don't know the cost is fair if for a while

It keeps your heart from crumblingAnd we'd take what we want when we knew what we wanted

When we wished we had something to lose

You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl jeans

I was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to doBoredom settled in and I can't take you sober

Strewn across the rotting strip that we've been building over

'Til nothing made its wicked way slow creeping into view

Where we could watch the burning bridge that we half built

Across our hearts now broken

And we could both quit smoking

And kick the booze and blow

And one day go make something of ourselvesAnd we'd take what we want when we knew what we wanted

When we wished we had something to lose

You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl jeans

I was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to doSo we branded our hearts and we toasted the stars

Getting wasted by the light of the moon

You were a two bit tramp - I was a low life lying scum

We were a bad lay coming undone burning for someone to use

Songwriters

Eric Emil BachmannPublished by

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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