Sell​-​by Date

from Nashville Magic by Maynard and the Musties

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it takes five years to learn guitar
another ten you might get pretty far
another 15 and you’re all washed up
& the cycle starts again with another young pup

you learn to play football when you’re 7 or 8
pop warner gets you hooked on competitive hate
if you’re lucky you can go to a college somewhere
til they’ll spit your ass into a puddle of tears


seems everyone has they’re own sell by date
I guess mine was back by the starting gate
and we all wound up in this fucked up town
had a few good times but now it’s all come down

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Now you’re all revved up for retirement
Burning through money like cheap incense
a few fine years to do it all
If you can muster it up for a port of call

Soon enough they’ll drop you in a cemetary plot
New & shiny with a big parking lot
til the city re-zones it for a fancy hotel
& dumps your rotten carcass in a big landfill

Guess everything now has a sell by date
even if its way back by the starting gate
its all been buried in this fucked up town
with a hedge fund manager to tramp it down

Guess everything now has a sell by date
even that ole starting gate
its all been buried in this fucked up town
with a hedge fund manager to tramp it down

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from Nashville Magic, released October 22, 2017

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