Frankie Last Year Lyrics - Singles - Fairfax, Ak

Hometown heroes and superstitions 

Are what keeps this town's heart beating 

You'll never smell sawdust 

In the nooks or crannies of its buildings 

Nothing ever changes 

Nothing ever grows 

The boys at public are fixin' to win state 

And I'm so tired of the repetition 

Gotta get out before it's too late 

Nostalgia is this town's religion 

That night I went to the tavern 

And I had myself a beer 

I talked about the future with an old friend 

Frankie Last Year 

"I'll believe it when I see it. Nothin's waiting for you out there 

The world gives guys like us a whole lot of nothin' 

So stick with the nothin' you're given 

Sit back and grab a plate of that old time religion" 

I knew that Frankie hated this town 

Yet we argued through the night 

I thought this place had finally got to him 

And then I realized 

Frankie's got nothing 

And if I leave he's got even less 

When you live on a steady diet of glory days 

Eventually you're gonna have to make more 

Sittin' in that tavern with Frankie 

I just can't afford 

Well that morning I awoke 

And I ran wherever my young legs would still take me 

Travelin' from state to state 

No one would stake me 

I had nothin' 

And now I have even less 

I lived on a steady diet of glory days 

Now I need to make more 

Sittin' in that tavern with Frankie 

Is all I can afford