Cory Branan
Survivor Blues (Ardent Sessions)
[Spoken]
Uhh, alright, here's one
This'll be on the next record, I can't decide if it's gonna be more Thin Lizzy or if it's gonna be more like this
Can't go wrong with Thin Lizzy, I guess

Yeah, that ain't it
This doesn't have to be professional does it?
(I'm gonna edit this whole thing down to five minutes)
Okay good, just scratch all these out

[Verse]
She wondered once about her luck
Put out her match with a tear
She said I'm bored to death and born to
Look, you want way the hell away from here?

He said you don't look that tough to me
He leaned and lit a cigarette
How 'bout you wait to see just what you regret
'Til we get what we get, 'til we get what we get

[Chorus]
They say it makes you stronger
But first you gotta survive
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
What didn't kill you, make you wish you died
Make you wish you died
[Verse]
She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
Beneath the ring and the scar
But the left said love and the right read true
She said please say you got a car

It's parked out back
It's pointed out of state
It's a recent acquisition
We should probably ditch the plates

And it won't get me far enough to ever lose track
But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back

[Chorus]
They say it makes it stronger
But first you gotta survive
What didn't kill you, make you wish you died
What didn't kill you, make you wish you died
Make you wish you died

[Verse]
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
A bunch of pretty junk I bought her
It's yours if you want
Either to you or the flames
To me it's the same
And she said no thanks, man, my baggage is packed
This name on my ankle, with this knife in my leg

But I know the place on the way out of town
It's as good as burned down
It's as good as burned down
It's as good as burned-

[Chorus]
They say it makes it stronger
But first you gotta survive
What didn't kill you, make you wish you died
What didn't kill you, make you wish you died
Make you wish you died

[Outro]
You call that a scar
A bruise, a tear
Pillow marks
And souvenirs, souvenirs

[Spoken]
I appreciate your low standards, as always