NEVER KNEW THE LIVIN’ - LIVE

Recorded live at an Open Mic Night in Campbell Theater in Martinez on October 06, 2024.

NEVER KNEW THE LIVIN’

Took a week I’m gonna seek retreat
I’m gonna head on outta here
Goin’ away vacation without pay
Well it’s gettin’ that time a year

So lighten my load it’s takin’ it’s toll
I’ll head for the hills I’m up to the gills
But before I die I wanna know why ...
I never knew the livin’

I say I’ve been burned and that I’ve learned
A way to make my bread
Now four years later and it’s later ‘gator
There’s not a brain left in my head

So lighten my load it’s takin’ it’s toll
I’ll head for the hills I’m up to the gills
But before I die I wanna know why ...
I never knew the livin’

Sugar and air and flour in my hair
You know a lot more up my nose
I’m no cinnamon girl but I’ll give it a whirl
Now hang that sign that says ‘We’re Closed’

So lighten my load it’s takin’ it’s toll
I’ll head for the hills I’m up to the gills
But before I die I wanna know why ...
I never knew the livin’


Written September 1980
Lyrics and Music by Ron Corrick