Lyrics

When Life Was a John Prine Song
Verse 1
Life was a John Prine cassette tape
back roads, no interstates
Playing packed bars full of friends
We sure thought that we had made it then
In a ’93 Caravan rolling home
We were searching for a life we could never hold
3 a.m. was nothing to us
Drinking with some now-forgotten
Headliner band
Chorus
Settled down
Bought a house and got out of the game
Well, I look through the window
And I see how we’ve changed
We were perfect disasters
Always chasing the high all along
All our rights were always wrong
When life was a John Prine song
Verse 2
That old van she sits on Highway 7
Collecting rust in a junkyard heaven
Bass player got out of town
He hit the road, he’s touring around
With some headliner band
Chorus
Settled down
Bought a house and got out of the game
While I look through the window
And I see through its pain
We were perfect disasters
Chased the highs all along
All our rights were always wrong
When life was a John Prine song
Verse 3
So meet me down at the Pig’s Ear Tavern
Talk about the way we were back then
Singing ooh
Singing ooh
Singing ooh
When life was a John Prine song