To a Band That I Loved

Album: Something More Than Free (2015)
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  • Though everyone tried to ignore us
    We'd scared them all off by the chorus
    There you stood looking proud
    What was left of the crowd at our show
    And I was twenty-two backwoods years old

    You were singing that night by yourself
    And I thought I was the only one left
    From an old southern town
    New ideas bouncing round in my head
    And I thought everyone like me was dead

    And somehow you put down my fears on a page
    When I still had nothing to say
    And how I miss you today
    May you find what you gave, all that hope
    Somewhere down at the end of your rope

    Now I know you'll be fine on your own
    And your families all need you at home
    And the dream was just smoke
    At least you all got the joke off the bat
    And you were alright with that

    And somehow I'm still out here burning my days
    Your voice makes the miles melt away
    I'll be guarding your place
    In the lights on the stage of my heart
    I guess we're all still finding our part

    And somehow I'm still out here seeing your faces
    In likely and unlikely places
    Somewhere playing too loud
    Or in what's left of the crowd at our show
    Hanging out when it's past time to go
    Hanging out when it's past time to go Writer/s: JASON ISBELL
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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