Eileen

Album: Foxes in the Snow (2025)
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  • Started out like it always starts
    Try to hold the hunger back
    You don't anticipate a broken heart
    Can't see nothing but the track

    A diamond earring in a Bowery bed
    You kicked your shoes across the floor
    You regret the things that went unsaid
    Or have you heard it all before?

    Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner
    Do I mean to be alone for all my days?
    Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor
    But that's your way

    It ended like it always ends
    Somebody crying on the phone
    You tell each other you can still be friends
    You both know you're on your own

    My own behavior was a shock to me
    I never thought I'd have the nerve
    I hope you're sleeping through the night, Eileen
    I hope they're grading on the curve

    Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner
    Do I mean to be alone for all my days?
    Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor
    But that's your way
    That's your way

    Somebody broke my heart once
    And I was useless for a week
    I didn't leave my apartment
    I didn't eat, I didn't speak

    But then I found the letter she wrote
    Against the wall behind the bed
    It said, "Forever is a dead man's joke"
    And that's the only thing it said

    Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner
    Do I mean to be alone for all my days?
    Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor
    But that's your way
    That's your way Writer/s: Michael Jason Isbell
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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