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Birthday boy with a birthday cake
How many pieces will it take
Before you get a belly ache

We’ve all run that scenario
Hypothesized how it would go
If we had just one day to go before we were gonna die
I’d rock that 24 hour bubble
Tom Cruise that “bleep,” be my own stunt double
Dare that dream get seen from the Hubble
Star man burning bright

What if we had forty years
What if we had forty years left to live
Forty summers Forty Christmas'
What if we had forty years left to live
What if we had forty years

You could slave all day at the factory
Abandon your kids crushing candy
So you and your zombie wife can dream that American nightmare
Then ship my bones to Florida
For eighteen holes of pain killers
Wait for your grave to be dug
Then ease in that ditch my friend
Staring up at the coffin lid
Wondering if this
Was the life that you wanted to live

What if we had forty years left to live
What if we had forty years
Forty summers Forty Christmas'
What if we had forty years left to live
What if we had forty years

Brothers and sisters I'm convinced
Being bored is the greatest sin
Not living just stealing oxygen
After we are born
You were born for more
You were born for more
You were born for more
You were born for more
You were born for more
You were born for more
You were born for more

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from Modern Plagues, released April 28, 2017

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The Whistles and The Bells Nashville, Tennessee

The Whistles & The Bells is the nome de song of Nashville-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bryan Simpson. His debut full-length album (New West Records, 2015) is an accomplished effort that threads together rousing indie rock, southern folk, gritty alt-country and gospel to create a rich musical tapestry that matches the intense soul searching of his evocative and poetic lyrics. ... more

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