I lost my job today at the rail yard. Hours were cut, so I was cut too. First in, last out. Last call & self-doubt. If only there were more that I could do. See I’ve flipped through the newspaper classifieds but every listing says, “Diploma required”. See I failed, I tried. I got drunk to pass time; perhaps a sober state of mind would follow through. & so what if I’m scared of dying alone? I always thought I’d grow up to get my daddy’s job but they cut him loose when a machine took it on. As I say, as I do one drink, then a few. I watched him slip away back then & that’s just what I lived up too. These debts grow taller than me & so what if I’m scared of dying alone in an unmarked grave? & honestly I swear that I’ll never know if I can pay back the debts that I owe. First in, last out; it’s what this life’s all about. Who you are, who you know, what you’ve done, how you grow. & so what if I’m scared of dying alone in an unmarked grave? & honestly I swear that I’ll never know, at least I tried to pay back the debts that I owe.
credits
from Grief Rights,
released May 4, 2018
Written by Ryan MacDonald, Nic MacDonald, Kevin Heerema, Jay Savage
Recorded at Fox Sounds in Toronto, ON
Produced and mixed by Derek Hoffman
Mastering by Dan Weston
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