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Hey all, stoked to be back for yet another Steemit Open Mic! This song was one of the first songs that I learned to play and sing at the same time, back in middle school. I forgot about it for a long time, until the other day when I was out busking and trying to think of every single song I used to know so I didn't repeat the same songs on the street over and over again. It's a really fun one to sing, it lends itself to getting loud and getting into it. I hope you enjoy my cover of "Swing Life Away" by Rise Against:

Original Track:

Lyrics:

Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow

I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go

We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand until you hold my hand
Until you hold my hand

We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Until you hold my hand

Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away

Thanks as always to the amazing staff of the Steemit Open Mic: @pfunk, @luzcypher, @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno! You're all awesome for offering this weekly opportunity to Steemians, I feel like I speak for most of us when I say we really appreciate it :)

Thanks for stopping by, friends! <3

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