Every right now and then
I watch my sorrows win
And on them cloud covered days
I'm busy filling up ashtrays
Half choking on a lung
From all these songs I've sung
Thinking how your blood it
Still somewhere stains a bucket
In a tangled, tough corner
Someone should somehow warn her
Not a single drop deserves
To be outside that heart
No, not hers
She had such kind eyes
Anyone could love her
And I'm sure that many have
Far too many to do the math
Oh, how I wish
We didn't have to miss
My mother's mother
While she walks a new path
But grandpa's bound to make her laugh
I can't imagine how happy they are
To have finally traveled so far
She was a poet and a dancer
He raced cars and died of cancer
But I feel assured their dreams were the same
Just like they hated losing a game
There's nothing but beginners luck
Around them now
And only we have to feel the pain
Of not having their healing words around
But a sunshine smile on a cloud covered day
Let's me know you're okay
So I'll empty the ashtray
'Cause I'm one pack closer to you someday.
credits
from LIGHT,
released December 3, 2013
Joseph Crabtree - Words, guitars, bass drums
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