It Aint Your Life

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"It aint your life. A picture aint a thing. It's just a picture." -- Cities on the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

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It aint your life
A picture aint a thing
It's just a picture
When you're a kid
You look littler than you figured

Bullies pinch your cheeks
They just wanna show you how small you are
Your momma loves you
She just marks how small you are

And when they curse your name
You die of shame
But you aint really dead
You're just thicker

It aint your life
A picture aint a thing
It's just a picture
When you were in high school
You were much quicker

With a mind like a elephant
Caught in a steel trap
No time for breakfast
You just ate the sap

And when they gave you shit
You just up and quit
Hand always on
The trigger

It aint your life
A picture aint a thing
It's just a picture
You run, You fight
Your mustache it gets thicker

The kids they get grow up
They get big
And then the wife
She gets fickler

When your ma stops growin old
And her hands go cold
You hold them
But you're no longer
With her

It aint your life
A picture aint a thing
Its just a picture
And when you die
They tell your story but its different

Truth or lie, trick of the light,
It's just bigger than I could
Fit here

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from The Amen Brothers, released October 1, 2014
written by Anthony Stamilio

Drums : Nathan Staley
Cello : Alexander Knapp
Trombone : Ed Yanasak
Bass : Smith T. Powell
Vocals & Guitar : Anthony Stamilio

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Anthony Stamilio (voice), Alexander Knapp (cello+), Ed Yanasak (trombone+), T. Powell (bass), Nathan Staley (drums)

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