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The Cost of Living

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Every year the cost of living's different The panic and the fear are always free Half the headlines lie and the rest will make you cry You pay a quarter for the paper just the same You can buy a kodak camera off of craigslist Just about for any price you'd name Within a year those hallowed memories stagnate to hollow truths Especially nostalgic forms of blues But who doesn't have some trouble Letting go of the past sometimes My fingers won't let go I'm gnawing at my arms just to survive You can keep it all You can keep it all I'll just keep on lovin and fightin And runnin and ridin away I wish someone would tell me what's successful About trading in your fleeting grains of sand Just to struggle to rent space on the streets that you help pave Til the hour glass runs out and it's the end You can burn all of the shit in your apartment Build a bonfire and feed it all your things Sleep under bridges and in ditches alleyways and on park benches Sing songs and try to keep out of the rain And hope that the cops don't show up And arrest your friends or shoot your dog The world's all bought and owned Friend, you aren't alone, just stay alive They can keep it all They can keep it all I'll just keep on lovin and fightin And runnin and ridin away Til I am six feet deep or they lock me up and throw the key away