The Hold Steady
"Stay Positive"

Whoahoho

I've got a lot of old friends
That are getting back and touching
It's a pretty good feeling,
Yeah it feels pretty good

I get a lot of double-takes
When I'm coming round the corners
And it's mostly pretty nice
Yeah it's mostly pretty alright

'Cause most kids give me credit
For being down with it
When it was back in the day
Back when things were way different

When the youth of today
And the early seven seconds
Taught me some of life's most valuable lessons

There's gonna come a time
When the scene'll seem less sunny
It'll probably get druggy
And the kids will seem too skinny

There's gonna come a time
Where she's gonna have to go
With whoever's gonna get her the highest

There's gonna come a time
Where the true scene leaders
Will forget where they differ
And get big picture

'Cause the kids at the shows
They'll have kids of their own
And the sing-along songs will be our scriptures

Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive

When the chaparone crowned us the king and the queen
I knew that we'd arrived at a unified scene
And all those little lambs from my dreams,
Well they were there too

'Cause it's one thing to start it with a positive jam
And it's another thing to see it on through
And we couldn't have even done this,
If it wasn't for you

Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho