My Addiction (Acoustic)

(album: Simmer Down (Acoustic) - 2020)

In 1985
We packed the car and took a drive
Heading out to meet our fate and play our songs
We stopped at clubs in hot backyards
We sang off-key and smashed guitars
Breaking hearts, sometimes we got along

Was the start of my addiction
Driving me to stay out on the road
Kind of an affliction
And I can't let go

The sound of broken glass,
Guitars and car gone with our cash
No lesson learned we promptly booked another trip
The ones who stayed couldn't get away
The high too strong to take a break
Too late to shun the wine after a sip

Was the start of my addiction
Driving me to stay out on the road
Kind of an affliction
And I can't let go
I guess it's an addiction
To this business we call show
Kind of an affliction
And I can't let go

Who could have guessed when we first started
We chose a path that has us driving round in circles?
Circles round the world we go on singing to our friends
That come to watch us slit our wrists and loudly bleed out on the stage

Was the start of my addiction
Driving me to stay out on the road
Kind of an affliction
And I can't let go
I guess it's an addiction
To this business we call show
Kind of an affliction
And I can't let go