Permanent Man

from Transient World by Chemical Grove

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Permanent Man

I'm a permanent man
In a transient world
And I have to learn to let go

There's no guarantee
And time is cheap
We can't put our lives on hold

We could live in a moment
We could touch and be over it
We could forget ourselves in a day

But I want to remember
The time we spend together
How we forgive the things that we say

I'm a permanent man
In a transient world
And I have to learn to let go

There's no guarantee
And time is cheap
We can't put our lives on hold

I could start again
I could smile and pretend
That I'm perfectly fine right here

But no drugs and no wine
Will ever define
They just make a man disappear

I'm a permanent man
In a transient world
And I have to learn to let go

There's no guarantee
And time is cheap
We can't put our lives on hold

A woman or two
Some drugs and some booze
And a lie that we'll all atone

It will all go away
And there's nothing to take
You're left cold, empty, alone

-7/2010

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from Transient World, released March 8, 2012
Gabriel Sandoval: Keys, Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Sequencing
Russell Tanner: Electric Guitars, Vocals, Sequencing

Lyrics by Gabriel Sandoval

Produced and engineered by Gabriel Sandoval and Russell Tanner
Mixed by Russell Tanner

Recorded and mixed at the Cheatham Street Woodshed, San Marcos, Texas

Mastered by Nick Landis at Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc. Austin, Texas

Artwork by Image-inary, Austin, Texas
www.image-inary.com

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Chemical Grove Austin, Texas

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Chemical Grove is a musical outlet for a couple of recording engineers to write their thoughts down in sound.

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