The Struggle to keep up above the ground
Had got me holding all the able-bodied down
In my former life I had renown
The folks at home were thinking I'd be home by now
But in my iron lung in and out of town I go I'm like the tide
Better dead than hung but in this case I'll boldly wager not to die
No belief for me was ever too impossible
Better send me on to ride into the sun
If it can be done in my iron lung
The trouble with my life was up til now
A vivid lack of wherewithal to get around
Shrunken up a cripple here inside
Look at me now I'm rolling out I'm three feet wide
In my iron lung I'll be gallivanting out and on the town
There's only one direction to go when you start from on the ground
No belief for me was ever too impossible
Better send me on to ride into the sun
If it can be done in my iron lung
I'm so completely over it
Don't call me the gimp or invalid
If it's a freak you want then entschuldigung my bittersweet friend
Don't stay for the chase awaits in it
Don't stray to deface the grace in it
Who let the sun out it used to shine in but they found a better place for it
I found a better place in it
I made a great escape of it
Good comes to the folks who wait for it
Don't make it about what you make of it
Come Tuesday office hours it's a getaway I'll make a better break for it
The Struggle to keep up above the ground
Had got me holding all the able-bodied down
In my former life I had renown
The folks at home were thinking I'd be dead by now
But in my iron lung I'd be sorry if I didn't ever try
Better said than done if you'd rather lie in place and rot than ride
No belief for me was ever too impossible
Better send me on to ride into the sun
If it can be done in my iron lung
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