[ti:Knuckles] [ar:The Hold Steady] [al:Almost Killed Me] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Knuckles - The Hold Steady [00:10.08]I've been trying to get people to call me Freddy Knuckles [00:14.59]People keep calling me Right Said Fred [00:18.84]And it's hard to keep trying when half your friends are dying [00:23.62]And it's hard to hold it steady when half your friends are dead already [00:27.95]We got taxmen coming around the back in their kevlar vests [00:32.58]Militia men cooking up a batch of the crystal **** [00:36.96]We got wars going down in the middle west [00:41.34]We got wars going down in the middle western states [00:44.93]Kevlar vests against the crystal flakes [01:04.16]I've been trying to get people to call me Freddie Mercury [01:08.61]But people keep calling me Drop Dead Fred [01:12.93]It's hard to take it easy when half your friends are way too easy [01:17.53]It's hard to get ahead when half your friends are dead [01:21.60]We got taxmen coming around the back in their kevlar vests [01:26.13]We got militia men cooking up a batch of the crystal meth [01:30.41]And we got wars going down in the middle west [01:34.34]We got wars going down in the middle western states [01:38.46]Kevlar vests against the crystal flakes [01:59.31]And his elbow was a spiderweb [02:04.42]With five spiders trapped inside and he said [02:07.60]"You know the last guy I guess he didn't even have to die [02:11.41]But the first four looked so nice I wanted five" [02:23.97]"The first four looked so nice" [02:34.42]I've been trying to get people to call me Sunny D [02:38.54]'Cause I got the good stuff the kids go for [02:42.51]But people keep calling me Five Alive [02:46.16]'Cause the last guy didn't really die I just lied [02:50.96]And the first four didn't really die I just lied [02:56.06]Too many people getting stabbed [02:59.63]Getting tangled up in crabs [03:03.89]And I've been trying to get people to call me Johnny Rotten [03:08.51]But people keep calling me Freddy Fresh [03:12.63]And it's hard to take it easy when half your friends are looking way too easy [03:16.76]And it's hard to stay in bed when half your friends are dead [03:21.13]Taxmen coming around the back in their kevlar vests [03:25.45]Militia men cooking up a batch of the crystal meth [03:29.45]We got wars going down in the middle west [03:33.71]We got wars going down in the middle western states [03:37.16]White crosses and wooden stakes