Gonna Live Until I Last
© 2023 JB McNally

Jeannie will be the first to tell you that I often get out over my skis when an idea pops into my head. I suppose that’s true and certainly, she would know.

Maybe a little of that is in the song, but the notion behind it, for me, was more of a celebration of life.

You know when you step outside and feel that first warm, gentle breeze of Spring wrap around you? It’s that feeling of newness that makes all things seem possible. If only we could stay forever in that moment, right?

So, that’s the mindset. Now, how to express that…

The idea…the words…I had been wrangling with for some time. I had all the disconnected pieces but nothing that pulled them together. Then, as with many things in life, revelation came in an unexpected form.

I was having a conversation with an old friend, commiserating about some current medical woes. She ended the conversation with the words, “Well, I guess we live until we last.” (Thank you, Sara!) It hit me like a giant lightning bolt and unlocked the lyrics so quickly that I could barely write them down fast enough. The song nearly wrote itself.

Looking at it now, the song can apply to different interpretations. But that’s up to you.