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The One Life You've Got to Live

by Gary "MoFilker" Hanak

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about

This song will be part of an album conceived after some life-altering news. This is the second song to come to fruition.

The album will be called "Before I Go", assuming I get that title past my wife.

lyrics

key: D
((written in G for Baritone.))


vs:
Can't recall my first thought
And my last will be caught
In the process of my dissolution
Though to think I'll not cease
When I die may bring peace,
The reality is that's a delusion

When facing the end
Things get simpler, my friend
You spend time on what really matters
Difficulties surmount
Get those things done that count
The rest you can just leave in tatters

ch:
Add a smile, add some light
If you're lucky, you might
To a struggling soul be some incentive
Try to leave the world smarter
That's a pretty good charter
For the one life that you've got to
live...

vs:
We walk into the night
Away from the light
Our future soon fading away
Some claim there's a god
That this path with you trods
They'll state Faith is the only True Way

But it just makes no sense--
Make believe and nonsense
Inconsistency is all that is common
Every people and nation
Have their own designation
Of Holy, and Sacred, and Shaman

ch:
Add a smile, add some light
If you're lucky, you might
To a struggling soul be some incentive
Try to leave the world saner
That's a worthy retainer
For the one life that you've got to
live...

(instrumental)

vs:
So, what will I do
When my life's finally through?
Are my oft-voiced convictions skin deep?
Will I still be stating
"There's nothing awaiting"?
Or flock to 'the Truth' like a sheep?

To hold to your testaments
Takes courage if those sentiments
Mean no hope for a great 'By and By'
It might mean no damnation
But afterlife and salvation
Are also just pie in the sky

ch:
Add a smile, add some light
If you're lucky, you might
To a struggling soul be some incentive
Leave the world with a smile
As a cause, that's worthwhile
For the one life that you've got to
live...

ch:
Add a smile, add some light
If you're lucky, you might
To a struggling soul be some incentive
Try to leave the world smarter
That's a pretty good charter
For the one life that you've got to
live...

Try to leave the world smarter
That's a pretty good charter
For the one life ... that you've got to
live...

credits

released March 18, 2021
All vocals and instrumentation by Gary "MoFilker" Hanak

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Gary "MoFilker" Hanak St. Louis, Missouri

Old person. Sings and plays guitar, piano, bass, accordion, and programs drums, sorta

Writes originals and parodies.
Currently there are four albums out there, with two more as a gleam in the eye.

Filk Hall of Fame awardee, winner of a Pegasus, and an invited music guest in St Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, and Columbus. So far.

And, plays around St Louis in the live music scene.
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