Mediocre in my Prime

from Fuchsia Undone by Johnny Loney

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(E) I’m / talking to my younger self in this mental time machine
And the (A) younger me says what the hell look (E) at the state you’re in
Now you’ve made yourself some money and you’ve got your yuppy friends
A (A) high falutin social life with (E) parties to attend
But (G#m) I can’t believe that you (C#m) wanted it this way
Have (G#m) you sold out to greed or (C#m) does your conscious weigh?
I said (E) hey look at you with your pompous attitude
I (A) don’t remember you there when (E) I was feeling blue
So I think I’ve done alright in this world all alone
I (A) may not have found greatness I’m gen (E) uine to the bone

Now (B7) you can claim I’ve failed to withstand this fateful test of time
And it’s (A) true that I’m mediocre now, but I was mediocre in my (E) prime
Medi (A) ocre in my (E) prime

I ran into a childhood friend he’s still got that mullet hair
I said (A) hey buddy where have you been,
he said (E) I’ve been here and there
I said that’s something I’ve been nowhere and that’s
prolly where I’ll stay
Every (A) place I want to go, I (E) just can’t find my way
(G#m) Ain’t no point in changin’ cause I’m
(C#m) happy where I’m at
Well (G#m) maybe not quite happy, but (C#m) let’s look past the facts
You (E) know how a fine wine, gets better with age,
Well I’m (A) kind of like a twinkee (E) I just stay the same
There ain’t no expiration date on mediocrity
But the (A) day that I expire I will (E) still be true to me

Now I’m still playing hockey even after all these years
I (A) lose the puck in the neutral zone and (E) botch up all my clears
And I miss the empty net just like many goals in life
And those (A) coaches words of discouragement (E) cut me like a knife
Keep your (G#m) stick on the ice keep your (C#m) head in the game
(G#m) Ooops my mistake (C#m) looks like I’m to blame
And I (E) think back to my childhood team when I was fast and spry
I (A) call them my glory days but I (E) know that’s just a lie
‘Cause I’ve been at odds with a hockey puck since my mothers womb
And I’ll (A) trip on the blue line when they (E) lay me in my tomb

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from Fuchsia Undone, released December 29, 2016

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