Story Behind The Song
Being from a small town, many of John Paul's peers have cars, houses and factory jobs and they feel trapped in a life that they are not happy with. It is his way of telling them not to surrender their dreams, cause life is worth living.
Song Description
A woman is frustrated with her small town factory life and decides to leave it behind in pursuit of bigger things. Her boyfriend is constantly begging her not to leave, but in the end she is gone, leaving nothing but a note saying she's starting a new li
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, R & B - Funk |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Exultant |
Subject |
Life, Frustration |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
You finally finished with work on a Monday and the boss has got you staying late. Grab a bath, feed the cat, you've got to be at work again at 8. And when you start to get the feeling that tomorrow is gonna feel a lot like today. You hear your boyfriends voice on the message machine, I beg you listen what he got to say. And he said "maybe life's worth living, but we've lived it all before. And if the world's worth seeing there ain't nothing we ain't seen before. And now we're taking and giving but you're taking this crazy tone. So maybe life's worth living, but don't leave me in this town alone." Two hours later there's a knock on your door it's your boyfriend screaming loud. He said "if you don't go ahead and open up the door I'm gonna go ahead and knock it down." Then he said "remember good times, baby, like at prom when we were king and queen, or the day we both applied at the factory job to get the money that would buy our dreams." When I said "maybe life's worth living, but we've lived it all before. And if the world's worth seeing there ain't nothing we ain't seen before. And now we're taking and giving but you're taking this crazy tone. So maybe life's worth living, but don't leave me in this town alone." And on Thursday the cops kick down your door and find a note to every child and man. It said "I left it all today, and tomorrow I'm gonna start again. If you think that on the day you die you're gonna feel as full as you do now, then it's already over." Maybe life's worth living and there's so much I haven't lived before. And if the world's worth seeing there's so many things I haven't seen before. We were taking and giving but now I'm taking out on my own. Cause baby, maybe life's worth living.