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Robin Holcomb - When Was the Last Time lyrics
When was the last time You were the witness to The blacks of night blurring into blue And the weird grey light That washes up and over you The heavy blanket lifted, strange And each fresh breath, so soft, feels new Can you name that place right now Where the dawn came over you Or do you feel you live too far From anywhere wild? I sent ahead some money so they’d hold me for a room With a window that can open Not an easy thing to find here Uneven snow is falling somewhere in another town The fat wet flakes so lazy That they suck up all the sound Here they’re hanging lights and bells for Christmas Up and down the streets It used to be a desert here, I know I tried to go out walking Ahead the sky was burning Painted snowflakes on the windows Snowflakes painted on the schoolyard And the little bells all ringing, ringing When you stop or finally start To take the time to notice Every child who’s wilding Or tangled in the mountains Is singing Running in the shadows If you get up in the morning O, catch me if you can Turn each houseyard to a wild place The house too big, the house too big Let each family breathe the sweet air In the morning Pale doomsayers on streetcorners These we shall unbalance If you get up in the morning I will look you in the eye Like many who have gone before We’ve moved so many times I chose a small town from the map It had the same name a mine But when we got there, there was just A pole, a tree, a field, a sign Followed at slow speed by a patrol car And there’s no passing Lost towns are dying inside of verdant fields O, I can show you Pale ghost signs flapping in the winds I will drive slowly How will you recognise The place of your birth? O, how many will know Of your place on this earth? I am trying to live like I taught my baby Trying to live like I taught my baby And I’m going to try to live Like I learned from my baby Try to live like I taught my baby Try to live like I taught my baby And I’m going to try to live Like I learned from my baby The sun comes up And the world begins We used to lie there sleeping Try to live like I taught my baby Try to live like I taught my baby to And I’m going to try to live Like I learned from my baby |
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