It's Ten O'Clock(Do You Know Where Your Life Is)

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It's Ten O'Clock(Do You Know Where Your Life Is)Larry sits in a shadowy barafter pulling a ten hour shiftas a hospital janitorhis guitar's buried in a case at homethere's a star search show on tvLarry tells the barkeep they're all amateurshe's got reasons why he quit schooland excuses why he don't playbut as he stared at the past from his stoolhe thought he heard the tv say"it's ten o'clockdo you know where your life isor is it lost in mem'riesfading like a mistwere there people who doubted youbut you can't blame others for what you doso don't look at yourselfin the mirror of someone elsecos you've lost your waynow the night finds you like thisit's ten o'clockdo you know where your life is"the fog outside Janey's windowis grey as her old pair of sweatsas she mixes one more daiquirishe says she'll never need another manbut after her second drink is goneshe'll long for some pick-up line flatterythe hours walk so tender and softand she follows them to her cold bedshe swore her radio was offso whose voice was it that said"it's ten o'clockdo you know where your life isor is it lost in mem'riesof an unfaithful kissdid someone lead you on and mislead your heartstill you can't blame others for where you arebut by reaching for someone elseyou just might find yourselfand do you really wantto spend your time like thisit's ten o'clockdo you know where your life is"it's so easy to just give upif the world don't us what we wantbut if we give it one more chancetime won't slip past us, our dreams won't ask us when the day is goneit's ten o'clockdo you know where your life is(c)2005 Robert George