The Trick is in the Breathing and Throwing

I've been listening to a lot of Drive-By Truckers lately. It's good music, with a lot of the elements that I enjoy: You can't really tell if it's country or rock or what, the melodies are catchy, musicianship is top-notch, and the lyrics are deceptively clever.

They have three songwriters, so the songs themselves can vary pretty wildly in tone and style. Today I happened to pay attention to the lyrics of a tune off of their latest disc called "World of Hurt."

So if what you have is working for you, or you think that it can stand a reasonable chance, and whatever's broken seems fixable and nothing's beyond repair
If you still think about each other and smile before you remember how screwed up it's gotten or maybe dream of a time less rotten
Remember, it ain't too late to take a deep breath and throw yourself into it with everything you got

It's great to be alive

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