Mike Brosnan - Quiet Desperation
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Before I was twenty-one
My country sent me off with a gun
To fight a war in a hot and far-off land.
Against a people who’d never done me no harm
They used my youth and the strength of my arm
In so many ways that I’ve ever since regretted.

And all through that I dreamed of beauty
In a vain attempt to save my sanity,
Doing my best while keeping myself alive.
I dreamed of my daughter and my wife
The only real things in my life.
Without them I know I would not have made it.

Chorus
Living out my life in quiet desperation (x4)


Now that I’ve turned forty-four
My wife of all those years walked out the door
Leavin’ me with barely the clothes I’m standin’ in.
She took my house and she took my car
Said that she knew I’d never go far.
There ain’t too much left for a man my age to live for.

Chorus
Living out my life in quiet desperation


I don’t see the point, don’t see the need
To keep on living by the yuppies creed
Working my arse off every day for nothing
I’m outa here Jack, I ain’t lookin’ back.
With my guitar slung over my back.
I ain’t living out the rest of my life in quiet desperation.

Chorus
I ain’t living out my life in quiet desperation