Dan's Song
FrankTurner Lyrics

Me and my friend Dan,
I am going out to have some beer with my friend Dan.

Are going to get some beers,
We are planning to purchase some beers.

And then we're going to go down,
We will be headed to the park.

To the park and drink them there.
We will be drinking the beer at the park.

We'll busk out in the sun
We will perform music outside on a sunny day.

Play guitar and sing some songs
We will play music using a guitar and sing along.

Pull up our friends and
We will invite our friends to come join us.

Invite them down to share
We will ask them to share the experience with us.

What might be
There is a possibility

The last weekend of the summer
This could potentially be the last weekend of the summer season.

'Cause September getting colder, as it goes
The month of September is getting colder as time passes.

And we haven't done enough
We haven't done enough activities.

Of this simple kind of stuff,
We haven't participated in simple activities.

This year we're clearly getting older
We are getting older as time passes.

And it shows.
Our aging is evident.

Well work weeks make us weary
Work weeks make us tired.

School's a distant memory,
School was something that happened long ago.

And it's easy to ask questions
It's easy to question things.

Of ourselves.
We question ourselves.

Like where it is we're going?
Where are we headed in life?

And what we had to show
What have we accomplished.

From the sunny days we've
From the days when the sun shone brightly.

In the shelves.
In our memories.

With expectations of our ultimate direction
We have an expectation for where we should be heading ultimately.

All the stations
All the checkpoints.

That we should have reached by now.
We should have reached these checkpoints by this point in our lives.

Where we haven't read the script,
We don't know what we're doing.

And our tender wings are clipped.
We feel like our potential has been limited in some way.

And we're scared we might be
We have a fear of disappointing others.

Letting someone down.
We are afraid that we aren't living up to someone's expectations.

Listen to these heart-break songs
We listen to music that makes us sad.

When nothings really wrong.
When there isn't necessarily anything to be upset about.

And then we smile
We pretend like everything is fine.

When we're asked
When someone asks us how we're doing.

And say we're fine.
We say that everything is okay.

We're drifting through
We are aimlessly moving through

Our middle days,
Our younger, middle-aged days.

And creeping,
Slowly moving

Into middle age.
Slowly moving into the middle-aged years.

And setting in our ways
We are becoming set in our habits and patterns.

To decide
We need to make a decision.

Now it's time
The time has come.

To draw the line
To make a clear decision.

In the sand
To establish boundaries.

And ask
To question.

What's more important than
What matters more.

Days like today,
Enjoying time like today.

So grab some beers
Get some beer to drink.

Call your friends,
Invite your friends.

And meet us here
Come meet us in this location.

In the summer park
In a scenic park during the summertime.

With me and my friend Dan
With me and my friend Dan.