Sound Museum

Summer came along like a kick in the teeth Janey's busted Camry took us all to the beach For twenty-five years I'd been learning to speak Suddenly I found that I couldn't stop singing I used to think I was a hopeless case Barely a member of the human race But when we met up down at Tommy's place It lit me up like a church bell ringing Well we were laughing on the rocky coast With a mason jar of whiskey and a city of ghosts behind us It wasn't much but we were making the most It wasn't much but I'll remember it forever Oh take me to the Sound Museum Where the furniture is dirty but the feeling is clean Oh, we could go until the morning Wake up in the afternoon and do it again I used to feel like I was wasting my life away Working at the Lizard Lounge, trying to get paid There was something that I needed to say But I couldn't find the words, yeah I just couldn't name it So I kept it like a secret inside Until the fire that was burning there had practically died But Janey's voice on the other line Pulled me right out of my misery and into the night Oh take me to the Sound Museum Where the furniture is dirty but the feeling is clean Oh we could go until the morning Wake up in the afternoon and do it again No it's not easy but we're trying I wonder if we're busy being born or if we're dying No, I didn't write that line But I heard it on the radio a long long time ago Oh it's not easy but we're trying I wonder if we're busy being born or if we're dying No, I didn't write that line But I heard it on the radio a long long time ago It's not easy but we're trying I wonder if we're busy being born or if we're dying No, I didn't write that line But I heard it on the radio a long long time ago And sang it to myself until I felt at home