The Smith Street Band

Life After Football
I couldn't see a thing but I could hear Destruction in the dark Corrugated iron and Timber rip and wrench my roof apart As each tree fell it felt like the Earth was trying to catch its breath Tunnels of wind went through the hills and kicked the forest half to death Ooooooooo Everything was already falling it’s just falling faster now The power lines frantic in the wind like cut snakes in the wind that brought them down My shady lane was torn to shreds a mess of dirty brown and green I threw my bag over my head and headed where I said I’d try to be Once in a lifetime you get days like these, there’s sure been a lot of once in a lifetimes lately You rescued me on the main road up near the footy ground now I’m masked up and sanitised in a hotel in my home town The army established a post on Ballan-Dayelsford road It was a couple days of hope til' I knew if I still had a home My hide out deep among the trees it had nearly flattened me I still hear the wind whip through the clearing when I’m trying to fall asleep The last few weeks the world felt fast what I’m learning to understand If you tread water for so long you feel unstable on land Once in a lifetime you get days like these, there’s sure been a lot of Once in a lifetimes lately Once in a lifetime you get days like these, there’s sure been a lot of Once in a lifetimes lately Nobody thinks about life after football, everyone swears they live in the future SongtexteI didn't know we were moving the goal posts much less tearing them down forever Nobody thinks about life after football, everyone swears they live in the future I didn't know we were moving the goal posts much less tearing them down forever You told us we were invincible You showed us you didn't care Nobody thinks about life after football You told us we were invincible You showed us you didn't care Nobody thinks about life after football (You told us we were invincible) nobody thinks about life after football (You showed us you didn't care) everyone swears they live in the future) (You told us you were invincible) I didn't know we were moving the goalposts much less tearing them down forever Forever Aus Songtexte Mania