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( Aging rocker song lyrics )
ONE TOO MANY BACK FLIPS
Copyright © 2007 - mickterry.com

1: As aging rockers go, he was the best:
singing, playing, rocking every night.
His whole life was the show. He'd barely rest,
then he's back up there on stage, out under the lights.
The sweat on his body glistens.
A quick wipe with a white towel.
A swig from a fifth of Jackie D.
He turns, embracing the crowd.

CHORUS:
One too many back flips into the mosh pit.
One too many swan dives into the fans.
One too many back flips into the mosh pit
from the band stand.

2: As aging rockers know, it doesn't stay:
the rush, the praise, the fame all gone in a flash.
But as long as you don't throw it all away,
you might have a chance to make that mo-ment last.
Adrenalin inside pumping,
his audience coming alive.
As they peak to a height of frenzy now,
he takes his signature dive.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
But his feuding lead guitarist takes that moment for his own
with a solo like he's never played before.
Stealing all the fans' attention while the singer's flight is flown,
crumpling in a tangled heap out on the floor.

3: As aging rockers know, you can hit hard,
tripping, falling, plunging any old time.
As aging bones are broke, there goes your art
and replacements are just waiting there- in line.
From his hospital bed he watches
his band back out on the road.
In the blink of an eye, they dropped him cold.
But what a way- to go.
CHORUS:

Copyright © 2007  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
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