STORY OF A LIFE WELL SPENT
Frank D. Sorgea
[Verse 1]
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On the trail of Easy Rider they were on a two year run
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In a hundred dollar panel truck they called Zachariah
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Three Bozo’s from the West Coast on the road to find some fun
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And the keys to an America they had heard of from someone
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It was a blessing and a curse - it was a chapter and a verse
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It was the story of a life well spent
[Verse 2]
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The world’s flattest dog stopped us dead in our track
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Crowds formed you can’t look back Hendrix playing on the old eight track
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Let the Bells of Rhymney take us through
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There was Dylan, Stills and Crosby too
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Never spent one minute with the blues
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Never thought we’d have to pay no dues
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It was a blessing and a curse – it was a chapter and a verse
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It was the story of a life well spent
[Verse 3]
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There was the Mardi Gras, didn’t see each other for days
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Caught up in a Purple Haze – nothing too small to amaze
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Dancing with the Hari Krishna in the square
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Living under a freeway ramp – just another Woodstock camp
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Life was free and we was one
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It was a blessing and a curse – it was chapter and a verse
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It was the story of a life well spent
[Verse 4]
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There was the Florida Keys – where you do as you please
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Every night’s a Friday night - every day a Saturday
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On Marathon – bonfires till dawn
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One perpetual song - And you could sing along
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It was a blessing and a curse – it was a chapter and a verse
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It was the story of a life well spent