LYRIC FOR SALE

By Raymond Coats

Counted out my paycheck on a Friday night
Watched it all disappear by the morning light
Signed my name on a dotted line so clean
Chasing dreams I bought on a credit machine
Pre-Chorus
Every promise was a loan with a higher rate
Every “I’ll be fine” came a little too late
Chorus
This is debt and regret, running through my veins
Paying for the ghosts of yesterday’s champagne
Sold my future for a moment I can’t forget
Now I’m living in the shadow of debt and regret
Debt and regret
Verse 2
Called my mama, said “I’m doing alright”
While the letters pile up outta sight
Friends stopped calling, phone got real quiet
Pride’s expensive when you just can’t buy it
Pre-Chorus
Interest builds on the words I never said
Sleep don’t come cheap when it’s messing with your head
Chorus
This is debt and regret, running through my veins
Paying for the ghosts of yesterday’s champagne
Sold my future for a moment I can’t forget
Now I’m living in the shadow of debt and regret
Debt and regret
Bridge
Maybe I can trade these lessons for some peace
Find a way to make the memories release
Can’t rewrite the check, but I can change the bet
Learn to live with all this debt and regret
Final Chorus
Still it’s debt and regret, but it’s not the end
Every dollar owed is a way to make amends
Took the fall, hit the floor, but I’m not broken yet
I’ll climb out from under this debt and regret
Yeah, I’ll rise above this debt and regret