Who was it who asked about the last mile being the hardest mile
Trying not to spend more time looking back
Theres still a bit more to go
Cant stop measuring strike outs to home runs
Trying to justify these compromises that have piled up and dulled my blade
Maybe we stayed too long didnt say enough, swing hard enough
The years just sort of ran away
And the ones that follow wont be as fun
Ill never love anything else the way that I loved this
So you know its not gonna be easy
To just let go
But the credits they will roll
Its getting harder and harder
To give too much of my body and soul to a mess overrun by morons and thugs
Whos only purpose is to break this, not hard enough to make it
Fighting on their own
We stand bound and gagged as they pee on our rug
The end result of not a single motherfcker willing to take the hard road
Makes it easier to watch as the door swings slowly shut
Then there are those Ill carry with me forever, live deep in my chest
Watched as you took your last breath on that floor in Wilkes-Barre
The room loved you so deeply our hearts broke as you faded
And i can never repay the lesson you left me as we rolled outta town that night
Not a thought in my head of beginnings or endings
Make the most of these days while they are still unfolding
Keep right on dancing while that curtain is closing