Only Survivor

(album: So Many Rivers - 1985)

As I gaze around at the pictures hanging on my wall
I don't know, I can't help but reminisce
I think about 'em all, 'cause we all started together
I'm talking about friends of mine
People like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix
Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke
Just to name a few

Sometimes I'm rolling
Sometimes I'm standing still
Sometimes I'm just having a ball
Feeling moody isn't worth it all

They know I'm dependable
Make the rounds and take the blows
'Cause I'm the only survivor left still standing here

Sometimes I feel like I'm a long ways from home
And the light for me from yesterday is gone
And my army has marched across the hill
And left me behind to fight the dream we live

And my heart can't take it
And my feet don't wanna make it
But I'm the only survivor left still standing here

I can see that old house standing alongside the road
Where papa laid his plan and he let us go
And the grass is high and I gotta chop it down
'Cause I'm the only hope for my heirs to be found

And my heart can't take it
And my feet don't wanna make it
I'm the only survivor left still standing here

Mmm, sometimes I'm rolling
Sometimes I'm standing still
Sometimes I'm just having a ball
Feeling moody isn't worth it all

They know I'm dependable
Make the rounds and I take the blows
'Cause I'm the only survivor left still standing here

Look like my heart can't take it
And my feet don't wanna make it
But I'm the only survivor left still standing here

As I gaze around at the pictures
Hanging on my wall
They come to life and my history is in it all
People say he's a living legend in his time
But I'm just a soldier who survived
On the royal line

Look like my heart can't take it
And my feet don't wanna make it
I'm the only survivor left still standing here

Look like my, look like my, look like my heart can't take it
And my feet don't wanna make it
But I'm the only survivor left still standing here