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Artist: Bad Religion
Canonical path: /bad-religion/doing-time
Related lyric paths: 6
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Doing Time
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Doing Time
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See the fight
Old men crying, deny their ruin
Watch them try
The cynic laughs at the optimist's closed eyes
Darkness falls, curtain calls
The cynic's beer soon overflows
Other watches, has a seat
And from the same cup, they drink
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know
William had 26, blew his brains out, now look at him
John had only one, watch the mother mourn her only son
I'm doing time, how long I don't know
I'll kiss goodbye my brain and body and go to sleep for generations
And go to sleep for generations
Salvation
Cease concentration
You'll only lose the fight
Don't tell me what's wrong or right!
You're losing sight
You're just gonna die anyway!
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Bad Religion performs "Doing Time", and this lyric page sits inside the Bad Religion catalog on LyroVerse.
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