(...Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Meaningless Existence")
A girl asked me once / in the throes of love / if there is something such as fate and reason in the world / I said well yes, of course there was
I built my temple high / for her and me and I / but then I saw that all of it meant nothing / and I heard that lone whistle cry
“my, how it rolls by”
But if there’s one thing / worthwhile knowing in this fight / it’s that the road just / keeps on going through the night / it’s never hopeless / it’s never hopeless
So I left her there / me and my despair / we went walking through a rundown garden / and came out with story to share
Through ambiguity / it was shown to me / if you’re a doxy or a lion tamer / just live your life, there’s nothing that you have to be
Just try to stay alive
But if there’s one thing / worthwhile knowing in this fight / it’s that the road just / keeps on going through the night / it’s never hopeless / it’s never hopeless
Those weather charts they got me nowhere / left me marooned and bound to break / found something special someway somewhere / the worthwhile things are what we make
But if there’s one thing / worthwhile knowing in this fight / it’s that the road just / keeps on going /
But if there’s one thing / worthwhile knowing in this fight / it’s that the road just / keeps on going through the night /
supported by 4 fans who also own “The Stranger's Blues”
The Taxpayers were able to put down a tacklist of songs that allow us to go on a journey. In this album we experience the manic highs and lows one may experience in a life long battle with deteriorating mental health. The picture at times grim and beautiful is one I continually come back to as its tragedy never fades. Ulysses Johnson
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