--- Track 8 of _Clutching At Straws_ --- Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a little brighter Now. It was something about roman canddles fizzin out, shine a little light on me Now, I found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation Alcohol can thrill me now It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame I just burn a little brighter now Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover, I need another Time out now, Like any sort of here turnin down to zero still standing out in any crowd Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams, sweating out a happy hour, Where you're hiding 29 you know it ain't a crime To burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now Dr. Finlay: And my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach 30 Torch: it's a romantic way to go really, part of the heritage It's your round in'it We burn a little brighter now Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a Little brighter now It was something about roman canddles fizzin out, shine A little light on me now, I found a strange fascination With a liquid fization, alcohol thrill me now It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame We burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now (Virgin Airways, 747- Newark-Heathrow) [FISH and DEREK WILLIAM DICK]
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