bloglovinBloglovin iconCombined ShapeCreated with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. rssRSS iconsoundcloudSoundCloud iconFill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. Fill 1Created with Sketch. My CartView products in your cart. searchCreated with Lunacy

The Rest Of My Life

Peter Link

Download: $2.49

Artist:
Patrick Ryan Sullivan
,
Steve Blanchard
,
Peter Link
Composer:
Peter Link
Lyricist:
Larry Rosler
Genre:
Broadway
,
Country
Song Duration:
03:11

Lyrics

“THE REST OF MY LIFE”
Lyrics by Larry Rossler
Music by Peter Link

DOC (continued)
YOU CAN BE RECKLESS THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
LIVING FOREVER ON THE RAZOR’S EDGE
IF IT’S A LIFE YOU CHOOSE TO LEAD YOU CAN BLEED THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

I’M GONNA RESCUE THE REST OF MY LIFE
PULLING MY LIFE OUT OF THE RAGING FIRE
GO ON AND DIG YOURSELF A GRAVE WHILE I SAVE THE REST OF MY LIFE
CAUSE I’M GOING HOME
YEAH I’VE WASTED GOLDEN DAYS AND NIGHTS IN DIRTY SALOONS I GOT TO GET MOVIN’

I think a desert fever has made you delirious. That’s the only explanation for this charlatan who stands before me.

DOC
I GOT TO GET MOVIN’ AND MAKE A NEW LIFE
I MADE UP MY MIND TO DO THE BEST I CAN
IF YOU COULD LOOK INSIDE OF ME YOU WOULD SEE A DIFFERENT MAN

WYATT
That’s hogwash. There ain’t a mad coyote from here to Leadville who’d fall for that bluff.

DOC
It’s no bluff, Wyatt.

DOC (continued)
I WANT A GOOD HOME
A ROOF ABOVE MY HEAD
A SURE FOUNDATION OF STONE A RUG ON THE FLOOR
A PERMANENT BED IF I CAN FIND IT
I’LL NEVER LEAVE IT THE REST OF MY LIFE

WYATT
You’re the only one who knowsa what that badge means to my name. It’s my redemption, Doc. Don’t let me fall into the abyss. Throw me a rope, partner, before I disappear.

(WYATT exits)

DOC
I’m the one who awaits redemption, my friend.

DOC (continued)
NOW I’VE HAD A SIGN
AND I’VE GOT A SECOND CHANCE TO SEE IF I CAN BE THE MAN I WAS MEANT TO BE

I’VE SEEN ALL THE LONESOME TOWNS I CARE TO SEE I’VE LAID AWAKE AT NIGHT

IN ALL THE FLEA BITTEN LONELY ROOMS

DOC (continued) I JUST CAN’T BE THAT MAN ANYMORE
THERE’S SO MUCH CONFUSION IN THIS CRAZY WORLD

I START TO GO AND THEN YOU SHOW YOU’RE UGLY FACE AGAIN AND THE GAME BEGINS
THE GAME BEGINS AGAIN

I’M GONNA RESCUE THE REST OF MY LIFE
PULLING MY LIFE OUT OF THE RAGING FIRE
GO ON AND DIG YOURSELF A GRAVE WHILE I SAVE THE REST OF MY LIFE
THE REST OF MY LIFE THE REST OF MY LIFE

You may also like…