The Way I Tend To Be

Album: Tape Deck Heart (2013)
Charted: 57
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  • Some mornings I pray for evening,
    For the day to be done.
    Some summer days I hide away
    And wait for rain to come.
    'Cause it turns out hell will not be found
    Within the fires below,
    But in making do and muddling through
    When you've nowhere else to go.

    But then I remember you,
    And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
    And if you remembered me,
    You could save me from the way I tend to be.
    The way I tend to be

    Some days I wake up dazed my dear,
    And don't know where I am.
    I've been running now so long I'm scared
    I've forgotten how to stand.
    And I stand alone in airport bars
    And gather thoughts to think:
    That if all I had was one long road
    It could drive a man to drink.

    But then I remember you,
    And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
    And if you remembered me,
    You could save me from the way I tend to be.

    Because I've said I love you so many times that the words kinda die in my mouth.
    And I meant it each time with each beautiful woman but somehow it never works out.
    You stood apart in my calloused heart, and you taught me and here's what I learned:
    That love is about the changes you make and not just three small words.

    And then I catch myself
    Catching your scent on someone else
    In a crowded space
    And it takes me somewhere I cannot quite place.

    But then I remember you,
    And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
    And if you remembered me,
    You could save me from the way I tend to be.
    The way I tend to be.

    The way I tend to be,
    The way I tend to be. Writer/s: FRANK TURNER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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