Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Generation Blues" is from Graham Sharp's debut solo album, Truer Picture. Order here: ffm.to/truerpicture
Down in the basement of an empty house
Selling darkness is an easy pitch
Passing a torch, long-burned out
Hoping nobody flips the switch
Cold cinders in my hands, cinders in my pockets
God help me, I remember the flame
Well, the warmth of the embers was gone when I got it
But I got it just the same
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Well, my father was a general pain in the ass
And I was a private disgrace
I must’ve huffed a lot of chemicals polishing the brass
‘Cause I never could act my age
Yeah, choir boys, flyboys, look-you-in-the eye-boys
Talkin’ how the war was won
A black and white photo of the soda pop king
Grinning like a son of a gun
And it’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Angels fly but a saint’s gotta walk
Gotta wake up in the morning and choose
Take a little sugar, take a little salt
Go make it on the avenue
I got a key in my hand, a key in my pocket
Looking for a room with a view
Well, the doors unhinged and there ain't no lock
And no telling now who’s coming through
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Well, the trash got tossed while I was sleeping
Look what these kids can do
What’s lost wasn’t worth the cost of keeping
So let’s just start anew
I got nothing in my hands, nothing in my pockets
I threw away the little that’s left
Well, if you ain’t tried it don’t try to knock it
There’s better things up ahead
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
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"Generation Blues" official video directed and edited by Wade Sharp
"Generation Blues"
Graham Sharp
2021 Enchanted Barn Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Seed Soup Songs (ASCAP)
2021 Graham Sharp under exclusive license to Yep Roc Records
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"Generation Blues" is from Graham Sharp's debut solo album, Truer Picture. Order here: ffm.to/truerpicture
Down in the basement of an empty house
Selling darkness is an easy pitch
Passing a torch, long-burned out
Hoping nobody flips the switch
Cold cinders in my hands, cinders in my pockets
God help me, I remember the flame
Well, the warmth of the embers was gone when I got it
But I got it just the same
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Well, my father was a general pain in the ass
And I was a private disgrace
I must’ve huffed a lot of chemicals polishing the brass
‘Cause I never could act my age
Yeah, choir boys, flyboys, look-you-in-the eye-boys
Talkin’ how the war was won
A black and white photo of the soda pop king
Grinning like a son of a gun
And it’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Angels fly but a saint’s gotta walk
Gotta wake up in the morning and choose
Take a little sugar, take a little salt
Go make it on the avenue
I got a key in my hand, a key in my pocket
Looking for a room with a view
Well, the doors unhinged and there ain't no lock
And no telling now who’s coming through
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Well, the trash got tossed while I was sleeping
Look what these kids can do
What’s lost wasn’t worth the cost of keeping
So let’s just start anew
I got nothing in my hands, nothing in my pockets
I threw away the little that’s left
Well, if you ain’t tried it don’t try to knock it
There’s better things up ahead
It’s just too far to go in these hand-me-down shoes
Generation blues
Follow Graham Sharp on social media:
facebook.com/grahamsharpmusic
instagram.com/grahamsharpmusic
Sign up for Graham Sharp's email list: grahamsharp.com
"Generation Blues" official video directed and edited by Wade Sharp
"Generation Blues"
Graham Sharp
2021 Enchanted Barn Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Seed Soup Songs (ASCAP)
2021 Graham Sharp under exclusive license to Yep Roc Records
#GrahamSharp #SteepCanyonRangers #YepRocRecords
