Real ID from Comforts 2020 by Dane Bachman

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9.	Real ID	6:31

Lyrics

I used my fake ID today
To get into a bar alone on the way to the AutoZone
Bartender glanced at my fake name
He said "hey how's Texas"
I said "it's a great state to be raised in, but I'm not even from Texas"

I didn't wanna lie
I didn't even try
I didn't wanna hide
And he still let me
He let me inside

He said "what brings you in here at 2 pm on a Sunday?"
I said "it's been a long couple of days, I'll have a Yuengling"
And I couldn't drink the beer with my facemask on
And I couldn't paint the grass green with my favorite song
So I didn't

And I wish you would've cheated
I wish you would've slapped me in my face
But I was fourteen and you were beautiful
But I knew we had to get out of that place

The bartender and I watched UFC
Oh how I love men fighting and bleeding
Sure I'm alone in a bar, only twenty
But at least I'm not getting Conor McGregor's knee
To my face

You know you drove yourself to this greasy bar
In your cheap 200,000 mile car
You know I could pull myself together least of all
If I had Tony Robbins or your number to call
But if I called I'd be met with my favorite voice
A voice that makes Beethoven sound like white noise
A voice that reminds me of my home
A voice better than my life so why would my life grow
Why would my life grow
Why would my life grow
Why would I grow?

And I wish you could've been there
All the times I tried to bargain with me
But I was fourteen and didn't have a license
Maybe we can try again when I get my real ID
Let's try again when I get my real ID
Let's try again when I get my real ID

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till I can safely say I'm finally fine
I'm not the boy I thought I was at all
Oh no no
I'm a locket man and I lost the other half down here alone

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from Comforts 2020, released January 1, 2021

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