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The Cost of Living Lyrics by Rumbletramp

Time Dilations

2014

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 hollowed 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 survivе
You can keep it all
You can keep it all
I'll just keep on loving and fighting
And running and riding away
I wish someone would tell mе what's successful
About trading in your fleeting grains of sand
Just to struggle to rent space
And the streets that you helped 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 loving and fighting
Running and hiding away
'Til I am six feet deep
Or they lock me up and throw away the key
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Rumbletramp

Rumbletramp

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"The Cost of Living" appears on "Time Dilations" in 2014.

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