Born in a Hospital Bed

from Too Far Apart by Jeremy Nash

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Sometimes I wish I’d been on the road for ten years
Traveled deep in the heart of America, seen all their hopes and their fears

I’d been weathered by the pain I’ve come across
Broke some hearts, had mine broken along the way
Drowning in sin, digging for salvation
Always driving toward some brighter day

But my life didn’t play like a folk song
It’d never tear at your heart
My life never set me up to play that part

Sometimes I wish I’d been a city boy from the start
Maybe sometime back in the seventies, sometime that’d make it gritty and hard

I’d have to fight through temptation and addiction
Losing friends and lovers to those streets
So when I’d name-drop Mulberry and Kenmare and Mott
You know it’d all come out so bittersweet
Cause for all the heartache, I’d know my life’s been more than complete

But my life didn’t play like a folk song
I saw that skyline from the outside looking in
My life gave me windows to see the world but no doors to get out and live

I was born in a hospital bed, not the backseat of some old rusty car
And I grew up in a suburban town, with a half-assed view of the stars

The American dream got its clutches on me
From an awkward and early age
So you can say that I haven’t really lived
That I’ve gone and stuck myself into some circus cage
Just like watching that big fancy tiger scratching his ass
Ain’t worth putting up on that center ring stage

But though my life didn’t play like a folk song
I hope that you can find something to love
Cause maybe your life was just as simple and sweet
And for you that was more than enough
I hope, for you, that was more than enough

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from Too Far Apart, released June 12, 2012
Jeremy Nash - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Didi Gutman - keyboards
Hans Holzen - mandolin
Aaron Johnston - drums
Jesse Murphy - upright bass

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