Josh Ritter – Still Beating
I know the dog days of the summer
Have you ten-to-one outnumbered
Seems like everybody up and left
and they’re not coming back.
The shadow that you’re standing on is still here;
Sometimes, that’s all that you can ask…
And your heart’s still beating
You’re not the fastest draw in town, now.
How many times
You been shot down now?
Seems like everybody else could see the things you never did
If you could have yourself,
You’d probably never have made it through the things you did…
And your heart’s still beating
I know the dog days of the summer
Have you to ten-to-one outnumbered
It seems like everybody else had trouble sneaking up behind
You’re left — You’re half dead in the street,
But that just means you’re half alive…
And your heart’s still beating.