Things are slowly getting tight
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The twenty-seven club
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I clearly missed it
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Through the city at 180
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Balancing drunk on the roof
A thousand bottles of liquor
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But then comes the first Friday night
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When you fit in, go to bed early
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So you still have something left of Saturday
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That's how it starts, just
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A completely relaxed weekend
Easy easy, and then comes
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The first couple's vacation
Ironically intended stuffiness
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Anti-escalation, pro-coziness
It starts quite harmlessly
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But ends in conversations
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Someday it'll be too late
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Someday I'll be too old
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I really tried
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Really tried, believe me
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But maybe not good enough
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The first ones live outside the city
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Because of the kids, better area
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But It's great that this is finally working out
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We haven't seen each other in ages
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The first barbecues, weddings
Class reunions, wine tastings
Lead pouring on New Year's Eve
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Receipts instead of plastic bongs
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International for the first time
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Then it's just a short walk to the fan mile
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No more talking about politics
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We'll just argue again
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Becoming acquaintances from the past
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Someday it'll be too late
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To die too soon
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Someday I'll be too old
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Too old to die young
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I really tried
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Really tried, believe me
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But maybe not good enough
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And now I'm almost thirty
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What if the best phase
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of my life is already over
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Who knows, maybe I'm having a
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Maybe I'm just
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Just a little bit jealous
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Maybe I secretly wish for
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A little house in the countryside, too
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Maybe I'll miss it at some point
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Then I won't even miss the small stages anymore
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Maybe I'd be up for it
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To put up with all this nonsense
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Maybe it won't be so bad