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Driving country-rock • gradually builds to a full-band finish and false ending

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Slow Me Down

Verse 1

I’ve had years that left me empty
Had some mornings I couldn’t rise
Spent my twenties starting over
More damn times than I can count

I’ve been broke and I’ve been broken
Learned to live with what went wrong
And I ain’t standing here pretending
I was standing all along

Verse 2

There’s a funny thing about failure
That nobody likes to say
If you don’t take a single chance
You can’t lose one anyway

And I’ve lost enough to know now
That the odds don’t favor me
But I ain’t learned a damn thing
From the chances I didn’t take

Chorus

You can slow me down
You can knock me to the ground
You can take the things I counted on
And turn ’em upside down

And I won’t say that nothing hurts me
Hell, that wouldn’t be the truth
But I ain’t done becoming
Just because I’m black and blue

Verse 3

I’ve watched a few good plans go under
Had some bad ones come around
Sometimes every single answer
Was another way to drown

But there’s work that needs doing
There’s some life I haven’t lived
And I’ve still got a hundred things
I’m willing to fail to get

Chorus

You can slow me down
You can knock me to the ground
I might stay there for a minute
Till I find my way around

I won’t claim that I’m unbreakable
Or always know what to do
But I ain’t done becoming
Just because I’m black and blue

Bridge — band drops back

I used to count my victories
By the things that went my way
Now I count the chances taken
When I had every right to stay

And I might get my ass kicked tomorrow
Like I did the day before
But I’d rather know I went and tried
Than wonder what I could’ve done

Final Chorus — full band

You can slow me down
You can knock me to the ground
You can leave me with a hard road
And no easy way around

I ain’t saying I can’t lose it
I ain’t saying I don’t bruise
But the only way I’m finished
Is if I decide I’m through

[Band finishes. Chord rings. Silence.]

Encore — one guitar, spoken-sung

I spent the year getting my ass kicked
By damn near everything I tried
If bad luck was a competition
I’d have won it by July

But I’ve still got plans for tomorrow
Still got reasons to begin
And they can count up all my failures…

[Pause. Band crashes back in.]

BUT LOOK WHO’S STILL WINNING!
Like a goddamn black cat would not lie the land with my feet up

[Short outro riff. End.]

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Slow Me Down Verse 1 I’ve had years that left me empty Had some mornings I couldn’t rise Spent my twenties starting over More damn times than I can count I’ve been broke and I’ve been broken Learned to live with what went wrong And I ain’t standing here pretending I was standing all along Verse 2 There’s a funny thing about failure That nobody likes to say If you don’t take a single chance You can’t lose one anyway And I’ve lost enough to know now That the odds don’t favor me But I ain’t learned a damn thing From the chances I didn’t take Chorus You can slow me down You can knock me to the ground You can take the things I counted on And turn ’em upside down And I won’t say that nothing hurts me Hell, that wouldn’t be the truth But I ain’t done becoming Just because I’m black and blue Verse 3 I’ve watched a few good plans go under Had some bad ones come around Sometimes every single answer Was another way to drown But there’s work that needs doing There’s some life I haven’t lived And I’ve still got a hundred things I’m willing to fail to get Chorus You can slow me down You can knock me to the ground I might stay there for a minute Till I find my way around I won’t claim that I’m unbreakable Or always know what to do But I ain’t done becoming Just because I’m black and blue Bridge — band drops back I used to count my victories By the things that went my way Now I count the chances taken When I had every right to stay And I might get my ass kicked tomorrow Like I did the day before But I’d rather know I went and tried Than wonder what I could’ve done Final Chorus — full band You can slow me down You can knock me to the ground You can leave me with a hard road And no easy way around I ain’t saying I can’t lose it I ain’t saying I don’t bruise But the only way I’m finished Is if I decide I’m through [Band finishes. Chord rings. Silence.] Encore — one guitar, spoken-sung I spent the year getting my ass kicked By damn near everything I tried If bad luck was a competition I’d have won it by July But I’ve still got plans for tomorrow Still got reasons to begin And they can count up all my failures… [Pause. Band crashes back in.] BUT LOOK WHO’S STILL WINNING! Like a goddamn black cat would not lie the land with my feet up [Short outro riff. End.]

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