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Down On The Inside

from When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Album) by Gary Yay

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Fresh out of ideas
(We keep our thoughts on hold)
I'm clean out of inspiration
(Maybe the blood runs cold)
Strictly for those who were born in spring
Was the summer of our discontent
It's the same deal
(Why should I waste my time)
The thing you're too scared to mention
(Because the pain is mine)
What were you expecting me to become
I'm a poor excuse for a nimrod's son

So what
I've got
Not much to show for my life's work
I just accept that nothing turns out like you want it to
(Every night)

You see I'm down on the inside
I know that you can't help your pride
But deep down inside
I know you feel like your luck's all out
So pull up a chair take a glass
And say here's to the past

It's just like a daydream
(Drifting with no control)
Except one you can't wake up from
(Please make the music stop)
Trying to catch a break in life is a mystery
Yes a mystery, but
The cocaine and drinking
(And all the sleepless nights)
Go well with my medication
(It's like and endless fight)
A strict regime of abuse to myself
Does a world of good for my mental health

And if I find myself
Struggling with issues of self worth
I tell myself
"If life gives you lemons
Make a lemon sandwich
And chow down"

Because I'm down on the inside
I know that you can't help your pride
But deep down inside
I know you feel like your luck's all out
So pull up a chair take a glass
And say here's to the past

I'm afraid that's the best I've got
I'm not going to get any better
It's okay, I just learned to fail with dignity and pride
With dignity and pride

I'm down on the inside
I know that you can't help your pride
But deep down inside
I know you feel like your luck's all out
So pull up a chair take a glass
And say here's to the past

Cos I'm down on the inside
I know that you can't help your pride
But deep down inside
I know you feel like your luck's all out
So pull up a chair take a glass
And say here's to the past

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from When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Album), released March 25, 2019

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Gary Yay Brighton, UK

80s-pop obsessed punk idiot desperately trying to figure out life in general.

FFO: Descendents, early Weezer, Lemonheads, Husker Du, Replacements, Lifetime, Jawbreaker, Guided By Voices, Jimmy Eat World.

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