Old Bear Keeps Pushing

Intro

Mm-hmm

Yeah

Mm

Verse 1

Back in eighty-six I met a kid

Called him Bear

Wild-eyed and barely grown

We were south of the city

Rolling tape on a TEAC

Four tracks humming low

Taught him faders and the room tone

How to punch and how to listen

Pre-Chorus

Smooth sounds surface slow

Predetermined where they land

Mix it down

Mix it down

Chorus

Days gone by

Left these words inside my song

Days gone by

My history crossed right back

Bear was young and life was free

Learning everything he'd need

Days gone by

Old Bear just keeps pushing through

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing

Verse 2

Challenger on the screen

Life moved fast in the big city

So quick to say goodbye

Such a pity

All the years just blew away

Like words flying off the page

Bear was hungry for the Lasers

Now he passes it along

Pre-Chorus

Smooth sounds surface slow

Predetermined where they land

Mix it down

Mix it down

Chorus

Days gone by

Left these words inside my song

Days gone by

My history crossed right back

Bear was young and life was free

Learning everything he'd need

Days gone by

Old Bear just keeps pushing through

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing

Bridge

You crazy old Bear

Where did you come from

Living so wild

For someone so young

It was all leading up

Leading up to truth

Truth I share with the youth

Breakdown

Days gone by

Days gone by

Old Bear just keeps pushing through

Chorus

Days gone by

Left these words inside my song

Days gone by

My history crossed right back

Bear was young and life was free

Learning everything he'd need

Days gone by

Old Bear just keeps pushing through

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing

Oh-oh

Keep on pushing