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IT'S STILL ABOUT THE SONG
I'll bet you ten dollars and all the beer
Radio ain't gonna want to play this song
In fact I wrote it sure that no one else would ever hear
my preaching in four-four that runs too long
It's about the suits, the judge, the jury
They'll probably throw the switch before bar nine
But, trust me when I tell you I ain't in no worry
Cause the reason that I sing it is all mine
Ya this sermon on the row ain't for the sinners
And it ain't for the angels in the sky
It's for the writers and the singers
who followed every dream to be here,
And in all the tears and blood forgot just why
Didn't it used to be about the music?
The truth between 3 chords just can't be wrong
Somewhere along the way all the money and the fame
Got out in front of what make us sing along
Maybe I'm just naive but I believe
It's still about the song
It's still about the song
They'll kill this one for all the cliche in it
Then go back to playing guitar on the keys
And get lost inside the rhyme, never sit and take the time
To find out what the hell it really means
Ya this sermon on the row ain't for the sinners
And it ain't for the angels in the sky
It's for the writers and the singers
who followed every dream to be here,
And in all the tears and blood forgot just why
Didn't it used to be about the music?
The truth between 3 chords just can't be wrong
Somewhere along the way all the money and the fame
Got out in front of what make us sing along
Maybe I'm just naive but I believe
It's still about the song
It's still about the song
(solo)
Ya this sermon on the row ain't for the sinners
And it aint for the angels in the sky
It's for the writers and the players
who sold everything to stay here
And in all the tears and blood forgot just why
Maybe i'm right maybe I'm wrong, but for me
It's still about the song --- END ---
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A WHISKEY KIND OF LOVE
I should have known you were going to be
too hard to hold
When I saw you drinking doubles
in an empty bar
You were staring at the bottom of your glass
like it broke your soul
So I knew buying you another
wouldn’t get me far
When I sat down
you didn’t say a word
I ordered something strong
Thinking “this one’s gonna hurt”
This ain’t going down smooth
Its always harder than I think and it burns hot
A bit too much too soon
We’re gonna find out just how tough I’m not
Don’t waste my time with white wine, it’s not that kinda buzz
And beer ain’t get me numb enough
God help me this is gonna be
A whiskey kind of love
Every day and night after that one
was just a blur (alternate lyric: Left me in a daze)
Flying high in a love
that felt better than it should
And I knew I was digging a hole
that would be my grave
But I was in too deep to climb out
even if I could
When you packed your things
you didn’t say a word
I poured me something strong,
cause this was gonna hurt
This ain’t going down smooth
Its always harder than I think and it burns hot
A bit too much too soon
We’re gonna find out just how tough I’m not
My buddies say i’m better off, but the truth is i’m not sure
Why I’m missing you or missing what it was
God help me this was gonna be
God help me, this was always gonna be
God help me and set me free from
A whiskey kind of love
A whiskey kind of love --- END ---
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STARTS WITH A SPARK
11 years old and under the hood
Of a 58 ford that didn't run too good
Holding the light so daddy could make her purr
After 20 questions about what broke
He paused for a minute before he spoke
I'll always remember what he told me word for word
He said "Son, this motor is a lot like life
what starts it all is a little bit of light
Like the first time I ever saw your mom
In the high school gym at the senior prom
She was dancing with somebody else but I didn't care
Something 'bout her lit a fire inside
And I knew that night I had to try
She was so far outta my league I didn't have a prayer
Son, it's a little bit'a science and a little bit'a art
But everything good in this life
Starts with a spark
Like this old truck your grandpa let me take
to pick up your mama for our first date
And the campfire that we built the night we first kissed
And every star in that big ol' sky
We were staring up at talking all night
And the dream that I could have a lifetime of this
Standing below her front porch light
I asked her dad if she could be my wife
'Cause the first time I ever saw your mom
In the high school gym at the senior prom
She was dancing with somebody else but I didn't care
Something 'bout her lit a fire inside
And I knew that night I had to try
She was so far outta my league I didn't have a prayer
Son, it's a little bit'a science and a little bit'a art
But everything good in this life
Starts with a spark
And just like eleven years ago when we had
A little man who'd ask me questions and call me dad
Like the first time I ever saw your face
I knew my life was gonna change
It was time for me to stand up and be a man
something 'bout you lit a fire inside
And every day Lord knows I've tried
To keep you safe and teach you all I can
Son, it's a little bit'a hope and a little bit'a heart
But everything good in this life
Starts with a spark --- END ---
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YOU BE THE STORM
Sometimes a dream collides with a nightmare
And they both come true
And it feels just like your world is
gonna break in two
If every turn you take
Leads to a path unknown
Let my love show the way
And never walk alone
When your bridges are burning
and the ashes rain down
and you find yourself running
Praying you're never found
When you want to ride the wind
But your wings are worn
I'll be the mountain
And you be the storm
I'll be the mountain
And you be the storm
When the price of life is too high
And the world holds you down
I will lift you up my dear
To find higher ground
I'm the bright sun in your sky
And the solid ground below
You can rest on my love
Oh, the peace you'll know
When your bridges are burning
And the ashes rain down
And you find yourself running
Praying you're never found
When you want to ride the wind
But your wings are worn
I'll be the mountain
You be the storm
I'm the rock you can lean on
I'm the summit you can climb
I'm forever yours and you are mine
When your bridges are burning
And the ashes rain down
You find yourself walking
On uncommon ground
When you want to ride the wind
But your sails are torn
You be the waves
And I'll be the shore
When your bridges are burning
And the ashes rain down
You find yourself running
Praying you're never found
When you want to ride the wind
But your wings are worn
I'll be the mountain
And You be the storm
I'll be the mountain
And you be the storm --- END ---
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Seventeen, I knew everything
Gonna be a rockstar
Gonna see the world find a pretty girl
Marry her and be the king
Of everything under my sun
Gonna make it big gonna be someone
I was just a boy with a perfect plan
But sometimes life don't work like that
If only I could build me a time machine
I'd go back and tell myself some things
Like, "Buddy you don't have to move so fast
Roll down the window, take your foot off the gas
You'll get where your going when you do
Life ain't a race that you gotta win
It's more like a kite, blowing in the wind
Best you can do is hold on tight and hope
And here's a few more things that you should know"
"That shortcut won't save you time
There's a certain kind of beauty in a road that winds
And look up when your feeling down
Those clouds are gonna to blow right by you
And sure enough when they finally do
Thank the ones who held you through
Your darkest days and longest nights
When you do that your whole world is right
Just don't to let too much of your life go
Before you learn some lessons you really need to know"
"Like, buddy you don't have to move so fast
Roll down the window, take your foot off the gas
You'll get where your going when you do
Life ain't a race that you gotta win
It's more like a kite, blowing in the wind
Best you can do is hold on tight and hope
That's a few more things that you should know"
(instrumental break)
"Just slow down, don't run so fast
Some things fade and some things last
Life is easy when you find out which is which
It's all just a game you don't need to win
So go roll the dice and it is what it is
And when your days are done you'll be happy you did
Trust me, the time will come we'll both be happy you did"
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MAN, THESE DAYS
To say these days are complicated
Ain’t really how I’d say it
It seems the whole damn world has lost it’s mind
But for a simple guy like me just trying
To do the next good thing I’m findin’
The list of good gets longer all the time
And I’m just tryin to get it right
Man these days, you gotta do it all but not too much
Be everything, hard like a rock but soft to touch
Know how to love and how you don’t
To slay the dragon or let him go
How to say please and thanks,
To know your fist ain’t your greatest strength
That’s a little bit of what it takes
To be a man, these days
Ballet starts at 8 PM
So I leave the tractor stuck again, and
Haul ass down the road so I’m not late
Tomorrow I play soccer mom
Carpool-taxi, mow the lawn
So the tractor and the hole will have to wait
And I’m still tryin to get it right
Man these days, you gotta do it all but not too much
Be everything, hard like a rock but soft to touch
Know how to love and how you don’t
To slay the dragon or let him go
How to say please and thanks,
To know your fist ain’t your greatest strength
That’s a little bit of what it takes
To be a man, these days
Grandma washed and Grandpa dried
They drowned some worms from time to time
Her job was cookin’ at the church
For free cause that was Jesus work
He paid all the bills and stuff
She built a home of life and love
Somehow then that was enough
Back when “woke” just meant, I’m up
Oh, man these days, you gotta do it all but not too much
Be everything, hard like a rock but soft to touch
Know how to love and how you don’t
To slay the dragon or let him go
How to say please and thanks,
To know your fist ain’t your greatest strength
That’s a little bit of what it takes
To be a man, these days
To be a man, these days, yeah
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HOW YOU LOOK AT ME - DEMO
You're the kind of woman that can save a man
You're the kind of beautiful left to poetry
And somehow your smile lights the shadows of my soul
But it ain't how you look It's how you look at me?
Like I'm your hero riding in on white horse, to save your life
Like the man who's gonna carry you through smoke and fire
Your home when home's the only place you wanna be
It ain't how you look
It's how you look at me
I waited for your love like the desert waits for rain
And when I found it I let it wash me clean
My whole world comes to life, in those sapphire eyes
But it ain't how you look It's how you look at me??
Like I'm your hero riding in on white horse, to save your life
Like the man who's gonna carry you through smoke and fire
Your home when home's the only place you wanna be
It ain't how you look
It's how you look at me
And we both know you only choose to see
the best and not the worst of me
So I'll spend the rest of my days trying to be
Your hero riding in on white horse, to save your life
The man who's gonna carry you through smoke and fire
Your home when home's the only place you wanna be
It ain't how you look
It's how you look at me
It ain't how you look
It's how you look at me --- END ---
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MY COUNTRY GIRL - DEMO
She's not L.A.
or New York City
More like take her back home to
meet your mamma... Mississippi
Like sipping fine wine, from a Solo cup
While we're starring at the stars from the back of my pickup truck
Ya, Hollywood's trying to tell me what perfect is
But they don't know it don't get better than this
I’ll take her ponytail through a snapback
On my John Deer running like a sound track
Wetting a line on a riverbank
Working in the sun and praying for rain
Her worn out work boots sitting by mine
And we got two kinds of moonshine
Living in a perfect small town world
With my country girl
With my country girl
She’s like a church pew
when I’m feelin’ pain
Sturdy like the red brick
running up and down main
Bright as fireflies
dancin' in a Mason jar
Or a porch light at night
for this ol' heart
We’re planting our roots deep in this dirt
But it all feels more like love and less like work
I’ll take her ponytail through a snapback
On my John Deer running like a sound track
Wetting a line on a riverbank
Working in the sun and praying for rain
Her worn out work boots sitting by mine
And we got two kinds of moonshine
Living in a perfect small town world
With my country girl
With my country girl
I’ll take her ponytail through a snapback
On my John Deer running like a sound track
work hard, play hard keep the farm running
A little back-talking but all night loving
Her worn out work boots sitting by mine
And we got two kinds of moonshine
Living in a perfect small town world
With my country girl
With my country girl
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BETTER BROKE - DEMO
Better Broke
You don’t wanna break a promise made to your mama
You don’t wanna chip your grandma’s good china
You don’t want to rip the side mirror off your car with your neighbors truck
You don’t want to break your damn fist in a bar fight
Your old man’s heart cause your in jail for the third time
But if there’s some things better off broke, I might be one, cause
When it comes to me and the way I love you
I don’t need to find greener grass like I used to
Jumping fences each night under somebody else’s sky
Cause when it comes to you and the way you love me
I ain’t the four legged clown that I would be
If you hadn't reigned me in tight with strong love like a rope
I’m better broke
Before you came along I was hell on the highway
Like the rain in a storm blowin’ sideways
Making a mess of everything I touched and everything I loved
I still wanna run kick and bite like I used to
But now I only want to do it to you
You’re the only girl I want riding me off into the sun
When it comes to me and the way I love you
I don’t need to find greener grass like I used to
Jumping fences each night under somebody else’s sky
Cause when it comes to you and the way you love me
I ain’t the four legged clown that I would be
If you hadn't reigned me in tight with strong love like a rope
I’m better broke
You kinda saved me from myself
Now I don’t need no one else
You’re the only girl in this great big world I see, ‘cause
When it comes to me and the way I love you
I don’t need to find greener grass like I used to
Jumping fences each night under somebody else’s sky
Ya when it comes to you and the way you love me
I ain’t the four legged clown that I would be
If you hadn't reigned me in tight with strong love like a rope
Ya, I’m better broke.
Broke
Ya I'm better broke
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WHISKEY FOR TWO
Whiskey For Two
The bar's just how I left it
And the faces ain't changed
Pretty girls dance if the band keeps on playing
and most nights I'd love this view
But right now I ain't in the mood
At a table for one
Whiskey for two
Ain't saying it's right
But at least it's the truth
Tonight I can't fight
The ghost in this room
I need something stronger than you
At this table for one
Whiskey for two
Yeah I know it's early
And I should probably slow down
But the pain is too much and your memory’s too loud
And you aint here to stop me now
At a table for one
Whiskey for two
Ain't saying it's right
But at least it's the truth
Tonight I can't fight
The ghost in this room
I need something stronger than you
At this table for one
Whiskey for two
Alone's just a word till you live it
Hell's just a place till your in it
At a table for one
Whiskey for two
Ain't saying it's right
But at least it's the truth
Tonight I can't fight
The ghost in this room
I need something stronger than you
At a table for one
Whiskey for two
At a table for one
Whiskey for two --- END ---
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LONG ROAD HOME
Long Road Home
Jonny Born
Copyright 2020
THERE IS PANIC IN THE SILENCE
OF THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
AND WORDS THAT STAY UNSPOKEN
LEAVE SKIN AND SOUL WORN
BUT I DON’T WANT TO LET IT OUT
AND I DON’T WANT TO LET YOU IN
CAUSE I DON’T’ WANT TO FEEL THAT WAY AGAIN
THERE IS PEACE BEYOND THE SADNESS
IT MIGHT AS WELL BEGIN
BUT IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME
TO HEAL THIS HEART OF MINE
CAUSE IT’S A LONG ROAD HOME
FROM WHERE I'VE BEEN
A NARROW WAY
I GOTTA WALK AGAIN
IF I COULD FIND MYSELF
I WOULDN’T HAVE TO GO
I’D REST MY WEARY HEART AND TROUBLED SOUL
IT’S A LONG ROAD HOME
YOU THINK I SHOULD UNLOVE YOU
AND YOU TEMPT ME NOT TO CARE
YOUR CLOUDED EYES WON’T SPEAK TO ME
BUT YOU SAY THAT I CAN’T HEAR
AND I DON’T WANT TO LET YOU GO
AND I DON’T WANT TO LET IT BE
BUT I CAN‘T LOVE YOU INTO LOVIN ME
I GUESS I’LL FIND THE STRENGTH TO MISS YOU
AND SET MY SORROW FREE
CAUSE IT’S A LONG ROAD HOME
FROM WHERE I’VE BEEN
A NARROW WAY
I GOTTA WALK AGAIN
IF I COULD FIND MYSELF
I WOULDN’T HAVE TO GO
I’D REST MY WEARY HEART AND TROUBLED SOUL
IT’S A LONG ROAD
HOME WHERE I USED TO KNOW EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK
WHERE I CAN LOVE TO LIVE AND LIVE TO LOVE ANOTHER DAY
BUT IT’S A LONG ROAD HOME
FROM WHERE I’VE BEEN
A NARROW WAY
I GOTTA WALK AGAIN
IF I COULD FIND MYSELF
I WOLUDN’T HAVE TO GO
I’D REST MY WEARY HEART AND TROUBLED SOUL
IT’S A LONG ROAD HOME --- END ---
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BALLAD OF A BROKEN HEART
Whoever said its better to have loved and lost
Most likely never did
Cause a pain like that should be avoided at all cost
Some people never quite get over it
That unsigned note you left me on our table
Telling me that you were gone for good
and the ring you laid beside it,
sang the pain that you'd been hiding
The song they played the day our world came apart
Was the ballad of a broken heart
A lonesome steel guitar cries in my dreams at night
For a love that didn't work out like we'd planned
And every note it plays goes straight to my eyes
In a flood of sadness I'll never understand
That unsigned note you left me on our table
Telling me that you were gone for good
and the ring you laid beside it,
sang the pain that you'd been hiding
The song they played the day our world came apart
Was the ballad of a broken heart
And it sounds like
ooooo ooooo oooooo
ooooo ooooo oooooo
These days I change the radio when it plays happy songs
Cause there's nothing else I want to sing about
Except how sometimes in love, You're the king or your the pawn
And you're either on your way in or your way out
That unsigned note you left me on the table
Telling me that you were gone for good
and the ring you laid beside it,
sang the pain that you'd been hiding
The song they played the day our world came apart
Was the ballad of a broken heart
The ballad of a broken heart --- END ---
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WARNING ON A WHISKEY BOTTLE
There shoulda been a warning on this bottle
“Don’t pour whisky on an old flame.
Just put it down and walk away REAL slow
Cause it ain’t never going to burn the same”
When I saw your number light up my phone
I shoulda shut the damn thing off and just drove home
But like the fool you know I am
I didn’t stop and think before I said “hello”. Aww hell no.
Like the flashing lights on a long black train
Coming for me at full throttle
If old Jack Daniels knew your name girl
He’d a put a warning on this whiskey bottle
Yea he would
You got me bouncing back and forth like a pinball
trying to find it’s way, to one more score
I’m making myself dizzy staring at the
Coors clock on the wall and the door
My mind is skipping like old scratched vinyl
trying to play Hank Williams, Lovesick Blues
sitting here alone, you never showed
and I hate myself for loving you
Like the flashing lights on a long black train
Coming for me at full throttle
If old Jack Daniels knew your name, girl
He’d a put a warning on this whiskey bottle
Like red and blue, in my rear view
Trouble’s always closer than it seems with you
I better slow it down, gonna walk the line
Pay attention to the danger signs
Like the flashing lights on a long black train
Coming for me at full throttle
If old Jack Daniels knew your name girl
He’d a put a warning, yea
Like the flashing lights on a long black train
Coming for me at full throttle
If old Jack Daniels knew your name, girl
He’d a put a warning on this whiskey bottle
Yea he would…
Right on the whiskey bottle
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CRAVE ME
Sure you could like me alright
Miss me pretty good when I’m gone
One eye on your phone
But you ‘ain’t losing sleep over me
Need, you could need me ok
You could say that you care for my soul
Wish me the best
Feel me, get me, want me I guess, but you’ve gotta…
Crave me
Just like a fiend does
When his last high wears off
And he’s crawlin’ from his skin, with...
One foot in crazy
Just when he can’t breathe
What you need to know is
If you really want this
You got to crave me
crave me baby
You got to crave me
crave me baby
Shake, it’s alright if you shake
It’s ok if this breaks you in two
I’m here for you
All you gotta do, is...
Crave me
Just like a fiend does
When his last high wears off
And he’s crawlin’ from his skin, with...
one foot in crazy
Just when he can’t breathe
What you need to know is
If you really want this
You got to crave me
crave me baby
Ya, You got to crave me
crave me baby
I know you feel me, respect me
Completely you get me
You hear me you hold me
But I need you to…
Crave me
Just like a fiend does
When his last high wears off
And he’s crawlin’ from his skin, with...
one foot in crazy
Just when he can’t breathe
What you need to know is
If you really want this
You got to crave me
crave me baby
You got to crave me
crave me baby
You got to crave me
crave me baby
You got to crave me
crave me baby --- END ---
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THAT'S THE PRICE I'D PAY - FEMALE VOCAL
We spent summers on the water
in a grey flat bottom boat
You thought we were just fishin' but
Dad, you didn't know
You were flesh and blood answer
to every question I could ask
And I miss you crazy bad these days
living out this dream we had
The world don't seem the same without you,
And I doubt it ever will
I would trade this guitar
and all the fame it brought me
for half an afternoon
thanking you for all you taught me
And I'd give back the money
and the lights and the applause
If you could come to one last show
and front row cheer me on
I didn't know the meaning of pain
There's just so many things I didn't say
If I could buy you one more day
That's the price I'd pay
ya, that's the price I'd pay
There were lessons in your tough love
that only now I understand
About when I should give everything
and when not to give a damn
And why I push my knees
into the earth and talk to God
Now you're talking to Him for me
Trying to cover for my flaws
I'll count the days until I see you... again
But until then
I would trade this guitar
and all the fame it brought me
for half an afternoon
thanking you for all you taught me
And I'd give back the money
and the lights and the applause
If you could come to one last show
and front row cheer me on
I didn't know the meaning of pain
There's just so many things I didn't say
If I could buy you one more day
We'd spend a little more time
On the stuff that really counts
Like blowing dandilions in the breeze
And hanging upside down
from the tree limb where you'd catch me
if I ever lost my hold
Or sitting down below it
where you and I would share a Coke
I finally know the meaning of pain
I'd give anything if I could find a way
To buy us just one more day
That's the price I'd pay
ya, that's the price I'd pay --- END ---
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JESUS & THIS GUITAR-
That knife in my back? Twist away
She left without a word? That’s ok
This crack in my heart? I’ll survive
As dead as I feel, I’m alive
I’ve been trying find love my whole life
But I’ve been looking way too hard
the only things that bring me peace
are Jesus and this guitar
When I’m dark and low I pick it up
and it sings back to life
It gives me something I can hold
to make this world feel right
When I’m dark and low
He picks me up and
turns my darkness light
No matter where I wander
I’ve never gone too far
The only things I can count on
are Jesus and this guitar
I’ve travelled every lonely road
Pressed the peddle when I should have slowed
I’ve broken my fair-share of hearts
Everything I built, torn apart
I’ve been trying to find the meaning of this life
and the purpose in my scars
The only things I know are real
Are Jesus & this guitar
When I’m dark and low I pick it up
and it sings back to life
It gives me something I can hold
to make my world feel right
When I’m dark and low
He picks me up and
turns my darkness light
No matter where I wander
I’ve never gone too far
Theres two things I can count on
Only two things I can count on
The two things I can count on
are Jesus and this guitar
Jesus & this guitar
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BETHLEHEM VIRGINIA 1 BC - DEMO
Lyric to follow shortly --- END ---
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I CATCH MYSELF
I Catch Myself - Worktape
Writer: Jonny Born
Never thought, never thought I would meet someone
Never thought, never thought I couldn't lose
I though it strong that I could walk away and not look back
But I'm looking back now, and God I'm missing you
You stormed in and you softened my soul
I never made a plan B in case you should go
When I catch myself thinking about you
I can't help but smile
still remember all the good about you, though
I haven't see it in a while
I still expect to hear your voice
Keep pictures on my shelf
Wish you didn't have to leave
Cause missing you is hell
You're not here to catch me when I'm falling now, so
when I'm falling now, I catch myself
What doesn't kill you makes you wish it did
You made me strong enough to know
But I didn't ask to to learn the hard way how a broken heart
stays in pieces when the fire turns to smoke
You taught me how to hold on to love
But I learned what not to be afraid of
When I catch myself thinking about you
I can't help but smile
Still remember all the good about you, though
I haven't see it in a while
I still expect to hear your voice
keep pictures on my shelf
Wish you didn't have to leave
Cause missing you is hell
You're not here to catch me when I'm falling now, so
when I'm falling now, I catch myself
I still expect to hear your voice
Keep pictures on my shelf
Wish you didn't have to leave
Cause missing you is hell
You're not here to catch me when I'm falling now, so
when I'm falling now, I catch myself
You're not here to catch me when I'm falling now, so
when I'm falling now, I catch myself
Copyright 2022, Gruviti Music, BMI --- END ---
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