Living Up to Let You Down

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Cut me loose, a nine-hour excuse A sunset visit to the reddest of states It's new blues for the highway to choose I-65 for when the hour is late It's over or it's under It's on the East side And it's the setting for getting better Apply the brakes and clip a common mistake It's not a problem just to sit here and wait [Pre-Chorus] Don't you know what they're about? Living up to let you down [Chorus] So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us [Verse 2] Bonfires, drives the desire Between the suburbs and what's left of this place Tattoos, new boots and a noose Now just reminders of the city you hate It's over or it's under It's a disaster And we keep betting it's getting better It's well-spun for those who've turned 21 But getting older doesn't brighten the day [Pre-Chorus] So don't you know what they're about? Living up to let you down [Chorus] So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home [Refrain] We just sing along But the feeling's gone [Verse 3] I've got a couple dozen cities I could share with you A couple stories we could tuck beneath a tennis shoe A couple secrets we could hide between each others' hands A couple moments we could squeeze between some other plans We've got a couple different futures we could call our own A shared apartment or just talking on the telephone You'll move a block away and we'll go on with both our lives In cold conditions with a past of alternating dives Stiff drinks, abandoned before they sink Another neighborhood carefully drowned Farewell from the fever to tell We need to move this to a new side of town [Chorus] So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home [Refrain] And I'll sing along But the feeling's gone [Outro] So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us