Borrowed Time

Áine on May 2nd, 2006 filed in Lyrics, Black Raven Media

StyxSong : Borrowed Time
Written by : Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw
Lead Vocals by : Dennis DeYoung
Group : Styx
Album : Cornerstone

Yeah yeah!
Don’t look now, but here come the eighties!

I was so cool back in sixty-five
I had it made ’cause I understood what to do to survive
I had my car, and I made the scene
Didn’t give a damn about no gasoline
They can go to hell
My friend we never thought about the world
And its realities
The promised land was ours
We were the Great Society

I’m so confused by the things I read, I need the truth
But the truth is, I don’t know who to believe
The Left say ‘yes,’ and the Right says ‘no’
I’m in between and the more I learn
Well, the less that I know
I got to make a show

Livin’ high, living fine
Livin’ high on borrowed time

Yes! No!
Yes! No!
No! Yes!
No! Yes!

Faith be with me now
I’m just a dreamer in a dreamland
Faith be with me now
I’m just a dreamer in a dreamland

‘Cause we’re
Livin’ high
Livin’ fine (You know I’m livin’ fine)
Livin’ high (Yes I’m livin’ high)
On borrowed time (On borrowed time)
Livin’ high (Whoohoo!)
Livin’ fine (Ahhh!)
Livin’ high
On Lake Shore Drive (Midnight ride)
Livin’ high (We’re livin’ high)
On Leslie Lane (Let’s go back and play it again!)
Livin’ high (We’re livin’ high)
On Red Bud Trail (On Red Bud, Red Bud Trail!)
Livin’ high
On Central Drive (He’s on Central Drive!)
Livin’ high (We’re livin’, livin’ high)
On Prestwick Drive (Catch me on Prestwick Drive!…)
Livin’ high (…gettin’ in and drivin’ my Mercedes…)
Livin’ fine (…up and down and up and down — sh*t! I don’t….)

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2 Responses to “Borrowed Time”

  1. rossgram Says:

    Seeing the album cover from my youth surprised me! Styx Cornerstone was one the first albums I picked up as a kid (that and Wings Back to the Egg … what can I say).

    Where are you going with the inclusion of the lyrics in your blog, Aine?

  2. Aine Says:

    The lyrics are basically one of the random elements on my blog… I also occasionally post random poems, images, jokes, “supply the caption”, etc.

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