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Folks Back Home Lyrics by The Show Ponies

How It All Goes Down

2017

[Verse 1]
In the forecast of my failure
I would hope to head back home
Pack up my whole van
With everything I own
Just as well trade it away
And start again from scratch
With a guitar and a notepad
And the clothes upon my back
[Verse 2]
Back to the middle of the country
I would return to my hometown
Where everyone would ask
"What did I do with my travelin' 'round?"
And I'd have nothing much to show
Not a house or job or wife
Just a couple dozen songs to serve
As antidotes for life
[Chorus]
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do
Makes life worth living for me, and I hope the same for you
So go on and make your living, give it a song to get you through
With the hope that I can keep on living too
[Verse 2]
Are we caught in our delusions?
Stuck in a winter's dream?
Is the message we've been seeking
To drink your Ovaltine?
I refuse to return
From a glory-less traversal
Tell the folks back home
That life is one great big commercial
[Chorus]
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do
Makes life worth living for me, and I hope the same for you
So go on and make your living, give it a song to get you through
With the hope that I can keep on living too
[Verse 3]
All these penniless pursuits
Prevent the progress of my prime
Some may not call this a living
But I'm very much alive
A wise man once said
"You only live until you die"
And to cease my cause is not to see
What we can't see otherwise
[Chorus]
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do
Makes life worth living for me, and I hope the same for you
So go on and make your living, give it a song to get you through
With the hope that I can keep on living too
Credits
The Show Ponies

The Show Ponies

About “Folks Back Home” by The Show Ponies

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"Folks Back Home" appears on "How It All Goes Down" in 2017.

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