Messenger

Edwin Mccain Messenger Album

2.Beautiful Life

Another beautiful morning under stars and bars  and f series
pickups and rusted out cars  and they're eating breakfast at
the strip bar  just to have a peek  and the beer soaked
angels spr
Heir wings  and dream of twenties and diamonds and things  and
somehow that might ease the sting  of the company they keep 
yeah  and the vets still talk about the tet offensive  and
the
Hmen boys all look so pensive  because living large is so
expensive  hope daddy fueled the jet  and we'll all fly out
to the hard rock casino  and we'll put on our neatly pressed
and fine
S  and we'll laugh at the guy in the el camino  is that the
only car he could get?  it's a beautiful life  it's just as
advertised  it's all for one low price  just read the fine
print, an
'll be content  with your beautiful life  and record smoothies
say 'what a sound'  you're the greatest thing we've found  but
you're gonna have to lose a few pounds  we're gonna p
U on tv 
And don't think our place is so swank  don't worry about that
guy, he's high on crank  that's exactly why his last record
tanked  and let that be a lesson to me  chorus  and all our
churche
W  communion wafers trash tv shows  say 'hey, at least you
don't have this strife'  'cause you'll be warm and safe  in
your beautiful life  yeah and it's hard to tell what's tr
Mpassion  when it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion 
and the tabloids all rush to cash in on what we should believe 
and i hope i never see the day  when there's nothing left on
the
Et left to save  and oxygen is the designer crusade  as we all
fight to breathe chorus