Bad Side of 25

[Verse 1]

You wake to grab your shovel

See your breath, it’s made of tar

It’s a subzero archaeological dig to find that artifact of a car

It’s a 1992 Corolla with a busted left tail light

But you’re always reminded the oil one works right

[Chorus 1]

And all the good old boys are playing bad new songs

On the country station while the city moves on

The hot young things, they don’t age like wine

I’m on the bad side of 25

I’m on the bad side of 25

[Verse 2]

So you swivel out the driveway

Of this tundra you call home

And bumper car your way on back to work

It’s a place you hate to know so well

And yet feel so unknown

So you hula the snow off your parka all alone

[Chorus 2]

What I've seen might air supply your hard rock spine

I've lived long enough to see some good friends die

It’s a dangerous time to be a friend of mine

I’m on the bad side of 25

I’m on the bad side of 25

Oh-oh, oh

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Oh-oh-oh

Some people fade like evening

Some just never go away

But there’s simply no place safer than the bank the day after the robbery

So you wake to grab the paper

Sip your coffee, too much grind

You don’t so much mind the aging

You just mind the getting wise

[Chorus 3]

Mix two parts jack with two bloodshot eyes

And you still feel cheated when your buzz subsides

Put your poor old parents through some sleepless nights

Still on the good side...

Oh, still on the good side...

How old will I be when I try to freeze time

And my age degrades into a well worn lie?

She looks 18, between you and I

I’m on the bad side of 25

My line 'til I slide by 35

Make that the bad side of 45

[Synthesizer Solo]

[Outro]

If you remember the Berlin wall, sing it

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

If you remember before Chornobyl, sing it

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

If you remember before Mike Tyson was the champ, yeah

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

If you remember the Super Bowl shuffle, don’t sing it

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah

I'm on the bad, bad, bad, bad side, yeah

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

I’m on the bad side, on the bad side

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Bad, bad side

(I’m on the bad side of 25)

Bad, bad, the bad, the bad, the bad side, the bad side, the bad side, bad side

(I’m on the bad side of 25)