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It's Not Living

from Life Goes On by Phil Crossie

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lyrics

All my life been singing the songs that I love
I think about them everyday
I spend my time between the real and the dream
That's how I make my way

Well I ain't lonely and I'm not sad anymore
I keep some real fine company
I've held the hands of many a brother gone before
Cause we know what it means

And their words have shaped the who I am
Their music helped me understand
They know this simple truth

You know it's not living if I can't play
I wouldn't make it another way
It's not living if I can't sing for you
And when all my songs are sung and done
Pack the gear for the last run home
I'll remember the nights I sang it true

I see the memory laid out there before me
Of a 15 year old boy
Learning guitar in the lamplight of his bedroom
Just happy to make some noise

And the music flowed into his veins
But he never really took the reins
Though he loved it more than anything he knew

You know it's not living if I can't play
I wouldn't make it another way
It's not living if I can't sing for you
And when all my songs are sung and done
Pack the gear for the last run home
I'll remember the nights I played it true

Oh try to hold the moon up in my hands
That's all I try to do

There's a song that hangs in the sacred air
I don't know why and don't know where
The one that keeps me doing what I do

You know it's not living if I can't play
I wouldn't make it another way
It's not living if I can't sing for you
And when all my songs are sung and done
Pack the gear for the last run home
I'll remember the nights I sang it true

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from Life Goes On, released September 2, 2016

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