Selfish Lyrics - What Was Done, Vol. 1: A Decade Revisited - The Classic Crime

Life goes on from the dusk to the dawn 

From old song to new song 

And you find yourself on the path 

You don't want to be on 

I sing songs I don't like 

To strangers every night 

They don't know me at all 

In this bar and it's wrong 

Sometimes I wish I never quit smoking 

I had meaningful conversations back then 

To think of it I'll start drinking 

Because of that, so fill your cup and spill your guts 

The second's all we have 

And if the tears come you should own them 

You should wear each one with pride 

'Cause I've been praying for 

So long they would roll down from my own eyes 

Everyday I try to look at the bright side 

I guess that I'm selfish 

For thinking about myself 

Time stops 

A husband is taken 

A two week old infant 

With no father to raise him 

Watch him become a man 

And the worst of my struggles 

Seem to slip through my hands 

So mother would you take this advice 

There are some of us here who would like you to cry 

And if the tears come could you own them 

Could you wear each one with pride? 

'Cause we've been praying for 

So long they would roll down from my own eyes 

Every day I tried to look at the bright side 

I guess that I'm selfish 

For thinking about myself 

I guess that I'm selfish 

For thinking about myself 

Yeah I guess that I'm selfish 

For thinking about myself