Life Blood Lyrics - Indigo Girls

"Lifeblood" is an Emily Saliers song from the 1986 Indigo Girls EP. 

I think the last time I heard it performed live was March of 1990. 

I'm transcribing the lyrics straight off of the lyric sheet from the 

EP, not from the song itself. 

Another night in a successsion 

Thinly glued with beer and wine 

It's a precarious profession 

Every day at work sees your heart on the line 

Maybe I should have gone to business school 

Or gained myself a respectable trade 

Or stayed in childhood where the shade keeps you cool 

Making my living selling lemonade 

Chorus: 

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But running through my veins 

Are the words and the refrains 

As if they were my lifeblood itself 

And I can't stay alive on the food of 9 to 5 

If my dreams were just old pictures on the shelf 

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I remember the folks said give it a try 

Or you'll never know who you might have been 

And just remember, nothing is the end of the world 

Until the world comes to an end 

Still, there's a point to this philosophy 

Of taking a look at who you are 

Still sometimes all I have to help me see 

Are all the mirrors behind the bar 

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Chorus 

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Musical Interlude 

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Chorus 

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