Amy Rigby - Requiem Lyrics

Try your whole life to make something that matters
Chords chime, words rhyme, paint spatters
Get out the camera, take a shot you wanna capture
Madness, sadness, sunsets, rapture
Doors won't always open
That dont' stop you hoping
Someday you can grab it
Like a cowgirl cattle roping
Selling makes you crazy
Giving up is lazy
Tough days got to play it
Like De Niro and Scorsese
First you get hurt
Then you get smart
We all wind up in the dirt
They say that living is an art
Hear the sound of laughter
From the Hereafter
Is it better to burn out or fall apart?

Why are we born, why must we expire
Good times, bad times
Crawling through the mire
Trouble is a season
There must be a reason
Heartbreak, earthquake
One more winter freezing
History will measure
What was trash or treasure
This woman's pain is another gal's pleasure
Dreams are the main vector
Luck the great selector
Rough times we all eat it
Just like Hannibal Lechter
Damned if you do
Far worse not to start
Is it better to burn out or fall apart?
Is it better to burn out or fall apart?"