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The Only Things That Matter To Me

from DEMO​/​LISTEN by American Opera

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I'll sit here and play guitar all day,
And never listen to a single word you say...
Rock and roll, church, friends, and family are the only things important to me...

I still remember everything we did when we were kids,
Like playing baseball at the park across from the Church of Bethlehem...
Playing catch with my older brother while my younger brother crowded the plate...

And I remember when mom and dad brought my baby sister home,
Us boys got Sister a teddy bear and Dad got Mom a rose…
Well I didn't know it then but now I know that that's what life's all about...

So I'll sit here and play guitar all day,
And never listen to a single word you say...
Rock and roll, church, friends, and family are the only things important to me...

I still remember everything we did when we were kids,
Like taking floats on Daddy's boat from the Saginaw Bay to the Zilwaukee bridge...
I'd look out at the water and swear that one day I'll buy a boat of my own...

And I remember when my brother Joe brought a six-string guitar home,
Started a band and booked a show at the coffee shop down the road...
I'd look up on that stage and swear that one day I'd start a band of my own...

Well just the other day my mom was lying in a hospital bed,
My sister held her hand and my dad he kissed her head...
Well I couldn't see it then but now I see that that's what life's all about…

And I can't wait to see the rest of the good life the good Lord has given to me,
Now isn't that what life's all about?
Yeah!

Well my older brother packed up his guitar and moved to Nashville, Tennessee...
And my younger one chased a girl to the Atlantic sea...
And my little baby sister got accepted into Michigan State...

So I'll sit here and play guitar all day,
And never listen to a single word you say...
Rock and roll, church, friends, and family are the only things that matter to me...

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from DEMO​/​LISTEN, track released February 16, 2012

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