Frame By Frame
Life's Moments in Motion
Lyrics
You'd be fumbling for your seatbelt
You would be searching for your seatbelt
Flying down the road
Speeding down the road
Or shaving in the rear-view mirror
Or grooming in the rear-view mirror
You drove that Lincoln Continental like a 944
You drove the Lincoln Continental with the style of a Porsche 944
Used it like an old John Deere
Used it robustly like an old John Deere tractor
And I'd be hanging on
I would be holding on
Wide eyed and smilin'
Wide-eyed and smiling
That country road still seems so clear
The memory of that country road remains vivid
All we have are moments
We possess only fleeting moments
Little else remains
Little else endures
A motion picture, always moving
Life is like a constantly moving motion picture
Frame by frame
Progressing frame by frame
A lifetime of a man's unwanted treasure
A man's accumulated experiences, considered unwanted by others
Garbage to the untrained eye
Deemed as garbage to those who don't understand
But if I had a nickel for every time you had a washer
A playful reference to the frequent use of washers in fixing things
Nuts and bolts, just the perfect size
Nuts and bolts, the essential components, perfectly sized
Saving, patching, fixing things up
Preserving, mending, and improving things, passing on lessons
Lessons that are passed on down the line
Knowledge transmitted through generations
All we have are moments
We are left with brief moments
Little else remains
Little else endures
A motion picture, always moving
Life is like a constantly moving motion picture
Frame by frame
Advancing frame by frame
Well I used to roll my eyes at you
I used to dismiss your actions
Like my gal does to me
Similar to how my partner dismisses mine
About all the things that I now emulate
Now, I find myself emulating your behaviors
How I drive like I'm still living in the country
Driving as if still in the countryside
How I use a piece of bread to clean my plate
Using a piece of bread to clean my plate, imitating frugality
And we're running out of spaces to keep all of these spare parts
Accumulating spare parts with limited storage space
I'm hanging on to just in case
Clutching onto them, just in case
All we have are moments
We possess only fleeting moments
Little else remains
Little else endures
A motion picture, always moving
Life is like a constantly moving motion picture
Frame by frame
Advancing frame by frame
A motion picture, always moving
Life is like a constantly moving motion picture
Frame by frame
Advancing frame by frame
Frame by frame
Continual progression, akin to the frames of a film
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