i'm gonna die young and that's the truth
if i'm standing at 75 i'll eat my shoe
there's some things you know and you don't know why
but i ain't gonna be no old man when i die
i was born in the cold of a winter time
with the spring peeping up just on the horizon line
let me go in the fall, that's the time to grieve
i'll tumble down like one of them pretty sugar maple leaves
i'm gonna die young, it's what my daddy done
he was here one day and the next he was gone
and his mama cried, but me, man, i knew he was fine and dandy
little green-eyed cat, little yellow-haired girl
just a few of the things that i've lost in this mean old world
but them that went before, that don't worry me none
it's them i leave behind that's gonna be the sorry ones
i'm gonna die young like my daddy done
you'll get up one morning and find me gone
but don't cry for me, my friend, you know that i'll be fine
i'm gonna die young, you're gonna see me fly
i'll break out of this body in the blink of an eye
and the woes of the world will fall away from me and i'll be fine
there's something to be said for living long
time for lessons learned and time to right your wrongs
but i'm gonna die young, and that's the truth
if i'm standing at 105 i'll eat my shoe
credits
from Phoenix,
released June 24, 2014
Matt Morrow - vocals, guitars, piano, bass, percussion
Kristi Coughlin - violin
A vibrant vision of "Central Americana" from the Costa Rica-based artist, blending heartland devotionals with playful Tropicália grooves. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2022