Cheap Seats

By Ripe

On Play The Game

Released on June 27, 2025

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[Verse 1]

Sun high on the last day of a dry spell

I'll be honest, buddy, I could drink the lake

Moon dying on the highway by the low hills

As I count my mistakes

As I count my mistakes and lucky breaks


[Verse 2]

Goodbye through the filter on a phone-line

I'll be honest, baby, I stopped listening

Both trying to find rhythm but there's no time

To notice much of anything

To notice much of anything


[Pre-Chorus]

And hey

If it's the last act of the good time show

If it's a standing ovation when I go

I'm still an actor being swallowed by his shadow


[Verse 3]

Godspeed to the rainstorm heading toward us

See that noisy forest withering away

Old friends saying, "Couldn't we get a chorus"

'Cause I guess I kept 'еm waiting

L guess they had to wait


[Pre-Chorus]

But hey

If it's thе last act of the good time show

If it's a standing ovation when I go

I'm still an actor being swallowed by his shadow


[Chorus]

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing


[Verse 4]

Kid traded painted poems like a birthright

I'll be honest, I could not change anything

Born crooked, can't help striving for the good life

Like I know what it means, like I know what it means


[Pre-Chorus]

But hey

If there's an encore to the good time show

If they'll be playing me off before I go

Maybe standing in the spotlight casts a shadow


[Chorus]

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing

Oh oh, oh oh

Find me in the cheap seats singing