Torch Song Lyrics - Fish

Read some kerouac and it put me on the track 

To burn a little brighter now. 

It was something about roman candles fizzin' out, 

Shine a little light on me now, 

I found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation 

Alcohol can thrill me now 

It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame 

Burn a little brighter now 

Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover, 

Need another time out now, 

Like any sort of hero turnin' down to zero 

Standing out in any crowd 

Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams, 

Sweating out a happy hour, 

When you're hiding twenty nine you know it ain't a crime 

To burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now 

(spoken - doctor:) "and my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach thirty" 

(torch:) "it's a kind of romantic way to go really, part of the heritage. 

It's your round i'n'it? " 

We burn a little brighter now 

Read some kerouac and it put me on the track to burn a little brighter now 

It was something about roman candles fizzin' out, 

Shine a little light on me now, 

I found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, 

Alcohol thrill me now 

Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame 

We burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now