Stupid Way to Spend a Life
Skunk Jugglers
Life Tradeoffs · Dark Humor · Good Memories · Upbeat Drunk-Pop
#VERSE
Gramps and Grandma at the doctor
Talking about his liver transplant
Doc said, “Joe, do you want to tell her
’Cause I can do it, if you can’t”
Without a tear, Grandma said, “I get the picture
Chances for a donor are really slim
And since Joe has secretly kept drinking
There won’t be a liver coming for him”
#CHORUS
Oh Gramps, what a stupid way to spend
Stupid way to spend a life
#VERSE
Within six months Gramps was in hospice
I went to visit during his final weeks
Here was a man who knew he was dying
All from his own stupidity
But he held my hand and laughed
He said, “Listen to my words, it’s all okay
’Cause everybody spends their lives
Spends their life some stupid way”
#PRE-CHORUS
He could read in my eyes
That I was confused
So, he rambled like usual
Self-proclaimed “Word Warrior” with or without booze…
#CHORUS
“I skinny-dipped with your Grandma
We loved our two dogs
We raised three happy kids
While I lived high on the hog
When I got fired from my job
I asked our pastor for advice
He said, ‘What a stupid way to spend
Stupid way to spend a life’”
#BRIDGE
But Gramps rolled on
“That pastor later told me
He still liked serving the flock
But he no longer believed
And my brother climbed to CEO
Never had a drink
But never a fun day with his kids
In his role as Corporate King
Listen my grandson, each life is full of trades
Ain’t no way to hedge our bets
In the game of avoiding a stupid life
Even winners have regrets”
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
I remember those words from years ago
Reconsidering if Gramps was insightful or dense
Yet here I am, chugging shots with his ghost
On the liver-killing side of the stupidity fence
But I’m working hard on tapering down
Took my nephews to Six Flags just last week
And last month Riley and I went on vacation
Naked on the beach at night in the ocean breeze
#CHORUS
Yes, I skinny-dipped with Riley
And we love bouncy Banjo our dog
If we have kids, we’ll tuck them in
Then sit out back on the deck and talk
And we’ll laugh when someone says
“Don’t you two realize
That’s a stupid way to spend
Stupid way to spend a life”
#OUTRO
Yeah, it’s a stupid way to spend
Stupid way to spend a life
But we’ll tell you this for free
Skinny dipping feels nice
Our world is how we like it
Don’t need extra advice
’Cause this is our stupid way
Our stupid way to spend a life
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