It took so long to get me back on my feet
It takes so long to find the words and the beat
And Charlie's waiting on the end of the phone
To hear you call on him to try to recapture
But them old records won't be saving your soul
And them feelings got the reasons you know
That you've forgotten somewhere
Riding a train to place
You are out in the cold cold
And it feels like all you'd have to do
Is step outside
Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment
That might never arrive

But you're never gonna find it
Like when you were young
And everybody used to call you lucky

Nothing feels right in the wintery cold
Steam, heat, clang, and the dark at your door
All the other rooms are a party tonight
And you never got an invitation
And you feel in your bones
Steady aching and more
Twenty five years gone just an hour ago
Momma never told me there'd be days like these
Until it was much too late to recover
And it feels like all you'd have to do
Is step outside
Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment
That might never arrive

But you're never gonna find it
When your knees got so weak
But it's right here in case you need it
Like when you were young
And everybody used to call you lucky
When you were young
And everybody used to call you lucky

But it feels like you just might explode inside
You've been pacing around and waiting
For some moment that might never arrive at all
What you don't have, you don't need it anymore
What you don't have, you don't need it anymore

But you're never gonna find it
When your knees got so weak
But it's right here in case you need it
Like when you were young
And everybody used to call you lucky
When you were young
And everybody used to call you lucky

If you're anywhere in Manhattan
In the next eight days or so
Let me know
Speak to stay lucky



Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11

Track duration: 03:08

"Stay Lucky" as written by Brian / Fallon

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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  • 0
    General Comment:Love this song, it's all about brian having writers block
    WHERE DID YOU GET THE COLD COLD FROM?! its "to a place you bought in BoCoCa
    and if any one doesn't know what bococa is follow this link --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… hope it helps
    Flag Ril3yon April 09, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:@jajgoodrich:
    Yea, it most likely is. I think U2 are a fairly big influence on them. I'm definitely hearing som Bono in Brian's voice, especially in 'We did it when we were young'
    Flag mypumpkinheadon April 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Is 'What you don't have, you don't need it anymore' taken from the U2 song beautiful day? Not sure whether U2 are a major influence on them or anything.
    Flag jajgoodrichon November 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:To me, it seems this song is about the pressure mounted on a band after writing such a successful album and then to be expected to do so well in the next one, if not better? Anyone agree?
    Flag MichaelHutcheonon September 17, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Where's BaCoCa? And the line "Momma never told me there'd be days like these
    Until it was much too late to recover" has got to be from the Van Morrison song.
    Flag Tmo2199on July 20, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Talk about a dream,
    try to make it real
    You wake up in the night,
    with a fear so real,
    Spend your life waiting,
    for a moment that just don't come,
    Well, don't waste your time waiting, -Springsteen, Badlands
    Flag bmiltenbergon July 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This pretty much sounds like this song is about how Brian Fallon had writer's block when writing this album. It was easier to write songs when he was young, but then he felt as though he might "explode inside". He realised that once he stopped trying so hard the words came to him ("Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment that might never arrive").

    Kerrang! magazine said that the Manhatten line comes from the e-mail which their guy sent to the band when they first heard of them and wanted to meet them.
    Flag Lewis88on June 21, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:riding a train to a place you bought out in BoCoCa
    Flag kuperon June 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the line sounds like "them feelings DIED for reasons, you know" to me
    Flag DarthFly0on May 29, 2010   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I love the last part of this song.

    "If you're anywhere in Manhattan in the next eight days or so..."

    Makes the whole song incredible.
    Flag controlfreakon May 08, 2010   Link

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