Clothes Line lyrics

[Verse 1]
One night at a bar, I'd come to nil
Found my world in Surry Hills
Sitting in a gutter, looking up
Laughing with a mouth full of blood
Years back to an open yard
You took my hand and laid me down
Under a clothes line on spiky grass
You came quick and I came last

[Chorus]
If the Reaper comes to claim me
And all I've gotten done
Is write some sh*tty music
And take some sh*tty drugs
I'll smile at him, I'll laugh at him
I'll cry at him, I'll scream
I'll do it all in pain and passion
'Til there's nothing left of me

[Verse 2]
One night on a curb, I stained it red
It's me against the world again
I lie back and smear my clothes
It's a white shirt meets a gushing nose
Think years back to simple drives
We got in trouble when things were quiet
Racked up back when we still laughed
Somehow, you remained unscarred
[Chorus]
If the Reaper comes to claim me
And all I've gotten done
Is write some sh*tty music
And take some sh*tty drugs
I'll smile at him, I'll laugh at him
I'll cry at him, I'll scream
I'll do it all in pain and passion
'Til there's nothing left of me

[Outro]
And he will never keep me