THE BOOK ON LIFE

from Those October Feelings by Bill White

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lyrics

verse one

we used to think it would last forever
being alive
now we spend our days
trying to stay alive
trying to scrounge some thing to eat
trying to find some place to sleep
we start each day empty-handed
pretending to be alive
and it takes all the strength weve got
to survive

chorus

love will level all who live
and who refuse
to close the book on life

OH, OH, OH

verse two

being was only and would always be
being alive
we never gave a thought to what it might take
to stay alive
i wake up some days and cant move my legs
cant get out of my sleeping bag
feels like cement is filling my veins
i try to convince myself that im still alive
when i no longer have the strength it takes
to survive

chorus

love will level all who live
and who refuse
to close the book on life

love will level all who live
and who refuse
to close the book on life

bridge

an ancient woman in a wheelchair
her flesh scarcely holding in her guts
her son by her side
i asked him why she held on
to life so fiercely

she wants to maintain consciousness, he replied
oh oh h she does not want to die,

chorus

love will level all who live
and who refuse
to close the book on life

love will level all who live
and who refuse
to close the book on life

dont close the book on life
please dont close the book on life

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from Those October Feelings, released July 13, 2023
written and performed by bill white

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