Contra -

I used to play Contra, on my cousin Mike’s Nintendo

(Cousin Mike Cousin Mike had Nintendo)

I liked the games, it didn’t matter because my reaction time was so slow

(Kyle had poor motor skills when he was nine)

We knew a code to get unlimited lives, I thought if this were real it sure

would be nice

I’d be a super hero because of this code I know

It went: up up down up down left right left right a b a b select start

If I could live forever I’d have so much time to spare

(you'd have time you’d have time, you already have a lot of free time)

I like to travel and I’d have time to go most anywhere

(like Burma and Bali and Kenosha, Wisconsin)

It would be just like Ground Hog Day

(With Bill Murray)

I could just imagine all the instruments I could play

(the calliope)

I’d take big risks, do anything on a dare

(I dare you to eat that hairball off the floor)

And just push: up up down up down left right left right a b a b select start

But really though I can’t live forever, and I think that’s best

'Cause this world is not my Heaven, just a temporary nest

And I know this might not make sense to some of you listening now,

but our departure from this world can be a blessing if you just see how…

we don’t need: up up down up down left right left right a b a b select start