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Tomorrow We Die lyrics
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Intro
Sky signed a deadline, baby, last call on the world Pour the whole bottle, let the gold come unfurled
Verse 1
Eleven forty-seven, news cut through the bar Said the sky got a number and the number ain't far Pulled the four grand out, told the teller keep the rest Bought the room a round, took the watch off my chest Carol City lit up like a holiday lie Grandma's pearls on a stranger, everybody get high If we got till the morning then the morning's a gift Throw the keys in the ocean, let the whole city drift
Pre-chorus
Clock on the dash say we runnin' out of dark Count it down with me, light a match in the park Everything I saved, watch me give it all away Nothing left to keep when there ain't no other day
Chorus
Eat it, drink it, set the night on a wire Kiss everybody, we go up with the fire Spend the last dollar 'fore the sun hit the sky Be merry, be merry, 'cause tomorrow we die Tomorrow we die, tomorrow we die
Verse 2
Called my exes, called my enemies, told 'em all come thru Paid a debt I been duckin', shook the hand of the crew Lit a hundred-dollar bill just to watch it turn ash Said forgiveness come easy when there's no day to last Tore the lease off the wall, kissed the landlord goodbye Maxed the card on a boat we ain't qualified to drive Mama on the porch said, "baby, slow it down" But you can't save for a future that the sky took down
Pre-chorus
Clock on the dash say we runnin' out of dark Count it down with me, light a match in the park Everything I saved, watch me give it all away Nothing left to keep when there ain't no other day
Chorus
Eat it, drink it, set the night on a wire Kiss everybody, we go up with the fire Spend the last dollar 'fore the sun hit the sky Be merry, be merry, 'cause tomorrow we die Tomorrow we die, tomorrow we die
Verse 3
And I never felt this free, every chain come undone 'Cause a man with no tomorrow owe a debt to no one No mortgage, no maybe, no slow walk to the grave Just the now and the now and the now, watch it blaze Been savin' my whole life for a day I'd never see Now I'm spendin' like the clock finally set me free Champagne on the rooftop, Biscayne in my eye Tell the moon say goodnight 'cause tomorrow we die
Verse 4
Three in the mornin', got the whole hood on the roof Burned the photographs, the proof, like I don't need the proof Bet the deed on a coin flip, laughed and let it ride Said tomorrow's just a rumor and the rumor gon' die Held her by the chrome rail while the speakers gave out Whispered, "ain't no morning, baby, that's what it's about" Watched the gold of the city thin to a grey And I swore on the smoke this the last night we stay
Bridge
Then the dark started leakin' a little blue And the sun did the one thing I swore it wouldn't do We toasted to the ending and the ending never came Now the bottles all empty and there's no one left to blame
Verse 5
Woke up Tuesday, breathin', with the sun on my face Empty bank, empty bottle, and the whole world in place The sky kept its color, kept the planes in the air I'm just sittin' in the wreckage of a goodbye no one shared No keys and no lease and no pearls and no plan Just a man who spent forever like it ended on command So I laugh till I'm cryin' at the joke that I am 'Cause tomorrow came back and I gotta be a man
Chorus
Eat it, drink it, set the night on a wire Kiss everybody, we went up with the fire Spent the last dollar 'fore the sun hit the sky Was merry, was merry, but tomorrow ain't die Tomorrow ain't die, tomorrow ain't die We toasted to the ending and the ending never came
Outro
Tomorrow, we didn't.
Inside the recording
Sky signed a deadline, baby, last call on the world Pour the whole bottle, let the gold come unfurled
Clock on the dash say we runnin' out of dark Count it down with me, light a match in the park
Tomorrow, we didn't.
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