Heads up, look around, everybody's leav'in town
Everybody wants you to, they wanna see what you're gonna do
Empty, alright, someone whispered in the night
Someone told you god was dead and, mercy me, he barely bled
So goodbye, I'm away, no one ever gonna make me stay
No one wants to leave their youth, it's the sad part of the old Truth
The ones who learn to love can learn to fly again
If we're already gone, how can we die again?
Sunrise, kingdom come, and us crazy hippies are hav'in fun
The sun, it speaks to those who dare, it's golden streaks the morning air
Smelt smoke, felt fire, giv'in in to a fresh desire
Everybody wants you to, they wanna see what you're gonna do
So breath in, slow down, open up to the things you've found
Make your home in the living sky and give yourself and you'll never die
The ones who learn to love can learn to fly again
If we're already gone, how can we die again?
The ones who learn to love can learn to fly again
If we're already gone, how can we die again?
Slow down, is all I'm say'in
Right now, and find your peace
This whole world can keep on turn's
But we don't, and we won't
So slow down, and find your peace
The ones who learn to love can learn to fly again
If we're already gone, how can we die again?
The ones who learn to love can learn to fly again
If we're already gone, how can we die again?
"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground" ~Rumi
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021