[00:10.71]I woke up this morning, August 3rd
[00:13.71]It's been a pretty slow and uneventful summer
[00:16.21]Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe
[00:18.67]Went to New Orleans and went to see my family
[00:21.31]Woke up this morning and it occurred
[00:24.23]I needed one more track to finish up my record
[00:26.44]I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired
[00:28.95]Laid on my bed, too hung, a little down, a little tired
[00:31.54]Met my girl and we walked down Union Street
[00:34.01]I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places
[00:36.65]Bought a 350 dollar pair of lampshades
[00:39.41]And we ate at Perry's and I ordered crab cakes
[00:45.88]Blue crab cakes
[00:50.40]Blue crab cakes
[00:55.75]Blue crab cakes
[01:01.59]She said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me
[01:04.82]I said I can't explain it and it's a middle age thing
[01:08.04]She said okay and ate her eggs Benedict
[01:10.77]And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit
[01:16.49]Sports bar shit
[01:21.74]Sports bar shit
[01:26.99]Sports bar shit
[02:15.81]Got on the phone and I called my mother
[02:17.47]And called my father, talked a little bit with my sister
[02:21.19]She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter
[02:23.38]And she's getting used to venison
[02:26.06]And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend
[02:28.22]About his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread
[02:30.90]My mom is good but sounded out of breath
[02:33.14]I worry so much about her, I worry to death
[02:40.24]I worry to death
[02:44.66]I worry about her to death
[02:50.25]I worry to death
[02:57.38]The other night I went and saw The Postal Service
[03:00.02]Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst
[03:02.67]Trying to park and getting up the hill
[03:05.26]And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their cells
[03:07.44]Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand
[03:10.52]I thought of Ben when I met him in 2000
[03:13.27]At a festival in Spain
[03:15.48]He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his name
[03:17.99]Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves
[03:20.29]And my legs were hurting and my feet were too
[03:23.20]I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage high five
[03:25.90]But thanks for the nice music and all the exercise
[03:31.79]And we laughed and it was alright
[03:36.44]And we laughed and it was alright
[03:41.82]And it was alright
[03:47.92]There's a fine line between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass
[03:50.72]And a guy with a gut hanging around like a jackass
[03:54.17]Everybody there was twenty years younger than me
[03:57.01]At least that this is not my fondest memory
[03:59.64]I carried my legs back down and then I gave
[04:01.99]My backstage passes to two cute asian girls
[04:04.57]I drove to my place near Tahoe
[04:06.07]Got in my hot tub and thought well that's how it goes
[04:09.33]And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets
[04:11.75]And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets
[04:14.72]And though while we pretend that there's a temperature competitiveness
[04:17.26]But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it
[04:19.92]Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed
[04:22.64]Back to the studio doing twelve hours shifts
[04:25.17]Singing a song about one thing or another
[04:27.80]Another day behind the microphone this summer
[04:35.06]This tenderloin summer
[04:39.76]This tenderloin summer
[04:44.67]This tenderloin summer
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