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Birthday Song

from Scavenger's Joy by Driftwood Soldier

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On the day I was born, I was already older than most
I grabbed up a glass and I proposed a toast
I said, “Here’s to my life, may it be nice and long
So all y’all can be remembered when you’re dead and gone.”

And on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on

I kid I grew up with died underground
He and this girl we knew went one too many rounds
The sun sets every night before it can dawn
She’s sobered up now that he’s moved on

And on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on

Another friend of mine made it to wife number four
But a fifth laid him out on that barroom floor
That eighty proof proved what I’ve known all along
The world’s spinning fast and we’re all just holding on.

And on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on

She’s the last of the three and the hardest to kill
With a car as old as Jesus was on Calvary hill
It’s burning luck and diesel fuel and running strong
And the road stretches out and the night wears on

And on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on

Now, I like living, but I don’t live right
I might leave out this very same night
I wrote these words, I sung this song
So if I die young, they’ll live on

And on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on, and on and on and on and on and on

credits

from Scavenger's Joy, released February 28, 2015
Written by Owen Lyman-Schmidt
Arranged by Driftwood Soldier

Owen Lyman-Schmidt: Vocals, Mandolin, Suitcase, Coffee Can
Bobby Szafranski: Bass Guitar, Bottle Caps

Recorded and Mixed by Kyle Pulley at The Headroom
Mastered by Jarrod Pedone at Electric Jelly Studio

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Driftwood Soldier is no average mandolin-bass foot-stomping gutter-folk duo.

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