All Bad (Live AF Version)

Amongst the cypress and quartz I roamed

I learned to wince at the church bell’s toll

Preferred katydids and thunder’s roll

It never felt all bad

Wanted for nothin' with a bad luck streak

I turned a rock over in every creek

Whistled strong because my body was weak

It didn’t feel all bad

Can’t complain, cuz who would listen?

You wouldn’t envy my position

Engineered imploding or the way that she goes

Only my eyes will glisten

Moved to a hollow at the plateau’s cusp

I talked to barred owls and bats at dusk

Cornered by cul-de-sacs and craving the rust

It kinda felt all bad

I grew a little into deafening rage

Every hometown's a well-built cage

Be it high iron, highway, or stage

Don’t let it be all bad

I’ve been indebted to a surgeon’s blade

Probation officers and nerves that frayed

Only the choiceless ever gladly stay

Refuse to be all bad

Can’t complain, cuz who would listen?

You wouldn’t envy my position

Engineered imploding or the way that she goes

Only my eyes will glisten

We bury friends and try to share our pain

November hurricanes and acid rain

They built to burn but we will live to maintain

Because it ain't all bad