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Life Is Too Short but Death Is Forever

from Citizen Self by Myself a Living Torch

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lyrics

You went out last night and had nine drinks
I stayed at home to dream
You went out last night
And I stayed at home to dream

On the telephone you said
Life is too short to waste on dreams
Without a trace of regret you said
Life is too short and death is forever

You went out last night, I had nightmares
I saw the flash, I saw the bomb
You went out last night
And I dreamt we all died

On the telephone you said
Life is too short to waste on dreams
Without a trace of regret you said
Life is too short and death is forever

This morning when you called from the jailhouse
I said I didn't really mind
You were mistaken for a petty thief
As you left your mark on Haight Street
And I stayed at home to dream

You said life is too short and death is forever
You said life is too short and death is forever

So, I'll do what I want and I'll say what I want
No, they can't take that from me
It's my own body, and it's my own mind
And they can't take that from me

They can't take that from me
They can't take that from me

credits

from Citizen Self, released September 15, 1992
voice, guitar – jeffrey bright

violin – anna presler
violin – sae shiragami
viola – charlton lee
cello – ellen d. sanders
bass viol – james wilhelmsen
arranged by eric schulz
adapted, scored and conducted by linda holland

words – bright
music – bright & schulz

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Myself a Living Torch San Francisco, California

By turns surreal, beautiful, arch, and melancholic, MaLT’s sonic adventures explore the meaning of love and role of sex in a failing, depersonalized culture. Literate enough for lasting relevance, tuneful enough for disposable pop; dark, sometimes heavy, but always with sly humor and a dash of hope. Active in SF CA between 1991 and 1993 ... Credit Louis-Ferdinand Céline for the incendiary name. ... more

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