Give Up The Ghost

from Life In SODO by Boxcar Tourists

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Verse 1
Young man with your rock n’ roll dream
A Wednesday gig in the Nashville scene
And now I lie awake and what went wrong?
I think that my mistake was moving on
Chorus 1
So it goes, and so it goes
The door for me is already closed
And on and on and on it goes
You might as well give up the ghost
Verse 2
Went to work for my old man
I get my kicks in a cover band
And now I lie awake and what went wrong?
I just lie awake, my dreams are gone
Chorus 2
So it goes, and so it goes
The door for me is already closed
And on and on and on it goes
You might as well give up the ghost
Oooo, the door for me is already closed
And on and on and on it goes
You might as well give up the ghost
Bridge
If I were young and had it all to do again
Would I cut this scene in the first place
I hear the clock tick
So roll the credits
There I said it
The sun is setting
Chorus 3 (same as Chorus 2)

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from Life In SODO, released January 1, 2019

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Boxcar Tourists Seattle, Washington

Boxcar Tourists is a rock band from Seattle, WA. Jeff on guitars, and Eyal on drums met originally while forming the band South Jackson. Ryan on keyboards and vocals, and Dave on bass and backup vocals joined in after South Jackson broke and helped from together Boxcar Tourists. ... more

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