Dan Bern - Beautiful Ride lyrics

Now that I have lived A lifetime’s worth of days Finally I see The folly of my ways So listen when I sing of The temptations of this world Fancy cars and needles Whisky, flesh and pearls And then in the end It’s family and friends Loving yourself But not only yourself It’s about the good walk And the hard walk And the young girls you’ve made cry It’s about make a little music everyday ‘til you di-ie Beautiful ride (Chorus) As I stand on the precipice of d**h My perspective is enormous Every leaf, every cloud I see the hands which have formed us And some days all you got Is a nighttime graveyard walk And you whistle some quick melody To the ghosts down at the dock It’s about the good walk And the hard walk And the young girls you’ve made cry It’s about make a little music everyday ‘til you di-ie Beautiful ride(Chorus) (bridge--) Sing in to your hand Lead the marching band Don’t you let ‘em fade your colors gray ‘Cause when all is said and done When youth is spent and burned You’ll see that it’s all about Music! Flowers! Babies! Sharing the good times! Traveling not just for business! Excepting your mortality! This— is finally what I’ve learned! And then in the end It’s family and friends Loving yourself But not only yourself It’s about the good walk And the hard walk And the young girls you’ve made cry It’s about make a little music everyday ‘til you di-ie Beautiful ride (Chorus-2x)