Torch Song

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks To burn a little brighter now Somethin' about Roman candles fizzin' out Shine a little light on me now Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation Alcohol can thrill me now It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now, yea Doctor says my liver looks like leavin' with my lover Need another time out now Like any sort of hero turnin' down to zero Standin' out in any crowd Pullin' seventeen with experience and dreams Sweatin' out a happy hour When you're hidin' twenty nine you know it ain't a crime To burn a little brighter now Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now Burn a little brighter now and burn a little brighter now {My advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach thirty Christ, and it's a romantic way to go really, it's part of the heritage Should I leave?} We burn a little brighter now, yea Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks To burn a little brighter now It was somethin' about Roman candles fizzin' out Shine a little light on me now Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation Alcohol thrill me now Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now, yea Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now