American Aquarium - One Day At a Time lyrics
[American Aquarium - One Day At a Time lyrics]
Wide-eyed and twenty-one
'nother shot of Jameson
To calm my nerves before
This nightly masquerade
What people saw as nonchalant
A complex conditioned response
A chemical reaction
Brown liquor and self doubt
So that I can stand up on this
Stage like a guilty child avoidin' blame
I'd kick, I'd scream
I'd curse the names of the
Girls who walked away
You see the man left holdin' the
Pen controls how every story ends
And truth becomes a martyr for
The sake of the song
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
For years the drinks were just a crutch
Until the drinks were just too much
I guess it comes with the job:
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll!
You see songs fulfill a human need to
Sit back and watch another man bleed
So for a moment
We don't have to feel sorry for ourselves
And this imaginary confidence became the
First line of defense
If you don't let 'em in, boy
They'll never let you down
But she broke through and took control
My sweetheart of the rodeo
And for the first time I found
Somethin' I couldn't afford to lose
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
Every now and then I miss the
Way that highball glass would kiss
My lips like a long-lost
Love welcomin' me home
But, I don't miss the highs
And lows, the back-and-forth
The ebb-and-flow
Of lettin' down the people who
Are standin' up for me
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
'nother shot of Jameson
To calm my nerves before
This nightly masquerade
What people saw as nonchalant
A complex conditioned response
A chemical reaction
Brown liquor and self doubt
So that I can stand up on this
Stage like a guilty child avoidin' blame
I'd kick, I'd scream
I'd curse the names of the
Girls who walked away
You see the man left holdin' the
Pen controls how every story ends
And truth becomes a martyr for
The sake of the song
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
For years the drinks were just a crutch
Until the drinks were just too much
I guess it comes with the job:
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll!
You see songs fulfill a human need to
Sit back and watch another man bleed
So for a moment
We don't have to feel sorry for ourselves
And this imaginary confidence became the
First line of defense
If you don't let 'em in, boy
They'll never let you down
But she broke through and took control
My sweetheart of the rodeo
And for the first time I found
Somethin' I couldn't afford to lose
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
Every now and then I miss the
Way that highball glass would kiss
My lips like a long-lost
Love welcomin' me home
But, I don't miss the highs
And lows, the back-and-forth
The ebb-and-flow
Of lettin' down the people who
Are standin' up for me
Yeah I'm in a good place
I'm a-walkin' that straight line
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time
I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs
One day at a time