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Midlife Crisis

from Midlife Crisis by Rory Lawford

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A very 80's hard-rock influenced song, about having a midlife crisis lol.

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Sands of time keep running down, more days behind than left ahead
A life of quiet desperation ‘til the day you wake up dead
Another faceless nobody, another drone to work the hive
Another nameless extra in the edges of real life
Hey You Old man
Who do you think you’re fooling this time
Hey You Old man
This ain’t your time so step aside

No one needs you
Don’t believe you
Is this true
Is this a midlife crisis
Is it too late
Find a new way
Take your place
Having a midlife crisis

A shoebox of forgotten dreams, set aside just to survive
You know that they won’t pay the rent, you’ve gotta keep the green alive
Another day another dollar ‘nother decade has slipped by
Another cog in the machine, spit out forgotten on the line
Hey You Old man
You’re just an old ghost that forgot to fall
Hey You Old man
What makes you think you’re anything at all

No one needs you
Don’t believe you
Is this true
Is this a midlife crisis?
Is it too late
Find a new way
Take your place
Having a midlife crisis

Maybe it’s time to change the game, and take a chance to break the rules
Let it go, hit the door, at this point, gotta know there’s nothing left to lose

A lifetime pushing stone uphill to build another’s dream made real
It’s time to slip the collar take back the time I let them steal
I know that dusty shoebox should stay hidden on a shelf
But yet what you don’t understand, is that I do this for myself
Hey You Old man
Who do you think you’re talking to, boy
Hey You Old man
What you say don’t mean anything at all

I don’t need you
Never asked you
Welcome to
My midlife crisis
I can’t hear you
No way near you
I don’t care
This is my midlife crisis
I don’t need you
Never asked you
Welcome to
This is my midlife crisis
I can’t hear you
No way near you
I don’t care
This is my midlife crisis
This is my midlife crisis

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from Midlife Crisis, released October 29, 2021
written, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Rory Lawford

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Rory Lawford Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

I’ve spent a lifetime gigging everywhere from dive bars to opening for arena rock legends. Yet, after over 1000 gigs, it’s always been in cover bands playing someone else’s songs. Never my own.

So I holed up in my basement with my guitars and a mic & got to work.

Most guys in their 50s with a midlife crisis go out and buy a sports cars or have an affair. Instead, this is MY “Midlife Crisis”.
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