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Lifetimes/Lifelines
Out Of The Woodwork
© 1980 by Gary E. Andrews
All Right Reserved for the Globe

Chords:
D XXO232
G 32OOO3
A XO222O
C/G bass 332O1O

Verse I
I sat up,
Late last night,
Tryin' to find an answer for pain.
I started to smoke,
But then I decided,
That was part of this problem with pain.
I started drinkin',
But then I started thinkin',
What somebody, Said to me.
She said, "If you spend your lifetime,
Cuttin' your lifeline,
Where in the world will you be?"

(Chorus Refrain)
Lifetimes/Lifelines. Ooo-oo-oo-oo-ee.

Verse II
I came home,
Late last night, Just to find myself all alone.
I turned on T.V., But it didn't grab me,
So I turned my radio on.
Someone was playin', And someone was sayin',
"Com'on, And listen to me!"
"If you spend your lifetime, Cuttin' your lifeline,
Where in the world will you be?"
Lifetimes/Lifelines. Ooo-oo-oo-oo-ee.

Bridge
I came home,
Late last night,
And wrote down the words to this song.
I was so tired,
Imagination fired,
And the chorus came along.
Now I aint' no teacher.
I'm certainly no preacher,
But baby won't you listen to me?
If you spend your lifetime, Cuttin' your lifeline,
Where in the world will you be?
Lifetimes/Lifelines. Ooo-oo-oo-oo-eee.

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More Info...
Lifetimes/Lifelines Copyright 1980

The Melody was fun to sing. It has crescendos I enjoy. And philosophy. I always enjoy philosophy. But usually not in Songs. What saves this one for me is that the Singer-Character is actually in the Song, a First-Personl report of personal experience, not just an anonymous narrator, philosophizing for the generic Human experience.

It has a Refrain-Type Chorus, a single Line ending each Stanza.

The arrangement could be reworked, going to the Bridge directly from Verse I, Repeating the Bridge after Verse II. Note to self, I guess.