Just a matter of time

from Big Yellow Moon by Dan Sullivan

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Playing 90 cents a glass beer halls
Drinking and a singing everybody else’s songs
Taking every request from the crowd but the one
That asked us to leave before the song was done

Well just like the story always goes
A man from the Big Town came down to let us know
We were good enough to cut a song and make it number one
When we signed on the bottom line the good times had begun

And just like he promised we were hot
The first three songs we cut went straight to the top
We were number one on every country countdown in the land
And everywhere we went they were yelling to beat the band

We were rising stars fading fast
Living legends, never looking back
From the bottom to the top back to the bottom again
It’s not a state of mind it’s just a matter of time

(instrumental break)

Six months later we were done
Just like Hailey’s Comet you only see it once
But in memory of what once was the royalties roll in
Twice a year to remind us of where we’ve been

We were rising stars fading fast, now we’re
Living legends living off the past
From the bottom to the top back to the bottom again
It’s not a state of mind it’s just a matter of time

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from Big Yellow Moon, released February 12, 2016

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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