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by David Rood
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Only One Way To Live

6/02/02

Story

This is a reflection on Chuck Yeager and the Mercury astronauts. Also, I'd been listening to a lot of Jim Steinman.

Lyrics

(A) I'd love to share the (D) thrill of being (E) there then being (A) gone
(A) But if the lady has a fear of (D) flying, you know she (E) doesn't have to come along
And my (D) body isn't (E) built for the kind of (A) speeds I'm taking (D) on
And my (E) mind can only go so far, but my spirit flies
(bm) Faster and (c#m) farther and (D) higher
(D) Than anyone's ever (E) done
(B/E) (A/E) (g#min/E) (f#min/E) (E)

The (D) only way to live is the (E) way you want to die
You (A) just can't sit and (D) wait
And the (E) only thing that lets me sleep at night
Is (D) knowing there's a (E) nother (A) day
(F) (F#) (G) (G#) (A)
I roll out of bed and hit the ground running, glad to be awake
'cause every minute that I spend sleeping is a minute that the Great Beyond waits
There are demons in the air and gremlins on the wing and a barrier that can't be broken
Don't they know that "because it's there"
Is the only good reason to ever go
Climbing up a mountain

Some people want to live, some people want to die
I don't care either way
Every time there was a choice, it was perfectly clear
There was only one path to take

(A) (Ab) (G) (Gb)
(F) Fish gotta swim and (Bb) snakes gotta crawl
And (G) people, they just have to (D) talk
(B) And from the day that (E) I was born
I learned to (A) fly before I could (D) walk
(D) (D#) (E) (F)
A (F) life is made up of (G/F) moments
And I can (C) spend a few with (Cmaj7) friends
And I can (F/C) spend a few with (G/C) you
but I (D) have to leave alone in the (E) end
(F) (F#) (G) (G#)
Every generation has its demons, though they take another form
In every generation a chosen few of a certain kind of man are born
Another man learned to fly before I ever broke the speed of sound
There's always another mountain to climb
And the men who come after
Won't be scared of falling down

Remember how I lived, remember how I died
It's the same thing anyway
Every time I had a choice I took the one that led
To where I am today

There's only one way to die, and that's the way you live
There's only one way to live, and that's the way you die

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