The Way

from New American by Paul Dally

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Jackie don’t play the guitar much no more
Ever since he got that job
At the convenience store
And he’s taking night classes to learn a trade
So he can bring home a decent wage
He wanna buy nice things for the Lady
He wanna say, “Yes.”
When she says, “Can we...?”
He wanna put someone else before himself
Oh, the man he used to be?
It still gives him hell

The way it went
The way it was
The way you thought it could be
The way you chased yourself
The way you played it for free
The way that spirit took you out there
And made you believe everything would work out Just like this
For the rest of your days

Jackie sold me $20 of gas last week
And we ended up talking for hours it seemed
And every time that I would go to leave
He’d hand me another silver from the freeze
I asked him if he ever gets a chance to play
And he just said, “Ya know I got a baby on the way...
They'll give you a reason to make a sacrifice!”
Don't forget to dust off the Tele in a paradise

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For the rest of your days...
Whatcha gonna do with the rest of your days...
The rest of your days

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from New American, released October 26, 2018

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