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Sink or Swim

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Sep. 4, 20071 viewer

Sink or Swim Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Time is all we pass through
All the years I spent lookin' for you
But now I'm here, if you're feelin' the fear
And I feel it too

[Bridge]
All day long
And if it feels so right
How could we ever be wrong

[Verse 2]
Selfish, your gambling, your singing your songs
Oh life is so short but tradition so long
Now if every rich man gave a little back to his home
Maybe we'd see a change, maybe life would be long
But there's a lot to be proven wrong

[Verse 3]
Time is slipping away
Accept it and you'll get it someday
Everyone burns 'til they come of age
And everyone learns a bit day by day

[Chorus]
Oh my love, oh my home
Well, it ain't worth shit 'til you're over it
And it's running the gauntlet, it's sink or swim
Sink or swim
[Verse 4]
Time is slipping away
Accept it and you'll get it someday
Everyone burns 'til they come of age
And everyone learns a bit day by day

[Chorus]
Oh my love, oh my home
Well it ain't worth shit 'til you're over it
And it's running the gauntlet, it's sink or swim
Sink or swim

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Credits
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Recorded At
Yellow House Studio, Baltimore, Maryland
Release Date
September 4, 2007
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