While We’re Here

A truck spilled a whole load of cranberries
Across the Sagamore bridge
No one died, thank the good fairies, now I got some in my fridge
Commuters waited in traffic
Got out of their cars to see
Let the ambulance through, cheered the clean-up crew
And put it out on their twitter feed

We could all die tomorrow
Not gonna live in fear
Don’t ever stop giving living a shot
While we’re here

My friend Jimmy makes a living
Playing the mandolin
Who ever thought of doing that
You gotta hand it to him
From Tokyo to Dublin
Through American by car
He plays the same to a sold out theater show
As to one drunk at the bar

We could all die tomorrow
Not gonna live in fear
Don’t ever stop giving living a shot
While we’re here

A lot of things I’d like to do if I have the time
I’d really like to sing with Emmylou
And think like Gertrude Stein
But as I get older I make fewer plans
Every day I just want to say
“Baby hold my hand!”

We could all die tomorrow
Not gonna live in fear
Don’t ever stop giving living a shot
While we’re here

Come on out in the open
Come on and make a sound
Don’t ever stop giving living a shot
On this side of the ground

We could all die tomorrow
Not gonna live in fear
Don’t ever stop giving living a shot
While we’re here