Barely Breathing

The Hold Steady - Barely Breathing

LRC by lzh, from jiangxi pingxiang

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You shoulda seen 'em just after midnight

Well they were down on their luck and still high from a street fight

Told it like it wasn't really much of a big thing

To be out on the tiles and barely breathing

We were barely breathing

Showing up at shows like you care about the scene still

Where were you when the blood spilled?

They almost killed me

It got pretty sketchy

We tried to push forward

Now we're pointing at the scoreboard and it feels so amazing

And the crowd's going crazy

Summer '88 was all heat and intensity

Saw the Youth Of Today at the 7th Street Entry

There were skins in the pit, some of them tried to kill me

Same club next summer, and now they're called Shelter

And after the show I spoke with the singer

And he tried to hand me a pamphlet about Hare Krishna

I said "You gotta be kidding"

Who the hell is the blue guy?

But then he said something special

Using only his eyes

The kids are all distracted

No one wins at violent shows

The kids are a distraction

No one wins at violent shows