One Life
COOPER & CRUCHOT Lyrics

I was just kicking down the street
I was walking down the street, not really paying attention to anything.

And the sun was in my eyes
The sun was shining brightly in my face, making it difficult to see.

So I couldn't see the truck
I didn't see the truck that was about to hit me.

That was sixty times my size
The truck was much bigger than me.

And just seconds off from splattering me
I was about to be hit by the truck at any moment.

Let me tell you
I want to share my story with you.

I was so scared I couldn't move
I was terrified and frozen.

Like my boots were full of glue
I couldn't move my feet, like they were stuck to the ground.

Then I felt a little tug
Suddenly, I felt something pulling me.

And I thought of good Old Blue
I remembered my pet dog, Old Blue.

And he pulled me from that catastrophe
Old Blue saved my life by pulling me out of harm's way.

That was the day
It was the day when something incredible happened to me.

My dead pet returned to save my life
My pet dog, who had passed away, came back to help me.

I'm alive
I'm still alive because of what happened.

He's alive
My pet dog, Old Blue, is alive in my memory.

I was spitting in the canyon
I was standing in a canyon, spitting.

Near the cliff up on the mountain
I was standing near the edge of a cliff on a mountain.

When an unexpected sneeze
Suddenly, I sneezed unexpectedly.

Hung me in the breeze
The sneeze made me lose my balance and I was hanging in the air.

At forty five degrees in the sky
I was hanging at a forty-five degree angle in the air.

Suddenly I felt something
I felt something touching me.

Had me by the belt
Something grabbed me by my belt.

And in between my praying
While I was praying for help.

Swore I heard a stallion neighing
I heard a horse neighing and I thought it was my dead horse.

Was the ghost of my horse
I thought the noise was my dead horse coming back to help me.

And I cried, yes I cried
I cried tears of relief and joy when I realized I was safe.

Things were getting gory
Things were getting violent and dangerous.

Got caught on territory
I was in an area that belonged to a dangerous gang.

Belonging to the Crutches
The area was controlled by a gang called the Crutches.

In an alley in their clutches
I was trapped in an alleyway by the Crutches.

Looking kind of dismal that night
The situation was looking very bleak and hopeless.

Well the leader's name was Fats
The leader of the Crutches gang was named Fats.

Swinging broken baseball bats
Fats and his gang were armed with broken baseball bats.

Things got really frantic
The situation became chaotic and desperate.

Starting jumping in their panic
The gang members started jumping around in a panic.

Hallucinating billions of rats
The gang members were so scared, they started seeing imaginary rats everywhere.

Lots of rats
They saw a lot of rats, even though there weren't any real ones around.

I'm alive, I'm alive, real alive
I'm so happy to be alive after all of these experiences.

That was the day my dead pet returned
All of these experiences happened on the same day.

To save my life
My dead pet dog helped me and saved my life.

Alive, alive, alive
I'm still alive and grateful for it.

I'm alive
I'm still alive and thankful for everything.