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