Demos – Before the War
So I got these songs……and I make quiet demos of ’em sometimes.
Before the War
(Tom Flannery)
She met him before the war
in the break room of the WalMart store
she caught his eye and he blushed like a kid in Sunday school
he ran back out to lawn and garden
before his smile could start to harden
but eventually he fell like a well-intentioned fool
It was before the war it was before the war
Love was worth dying for
Before the war
A child’s heart is never wrong
even when it don’t belong
in the kind of place that breathes just to break you down
backseats by the new landfill
they loved hard but quiet and still
they understood the dangers of the backroads of this town
It was before the war it was before the war
Love was worth dying for
Before the war
Two sides weighing in
on the wages tied to this kind of sin
Both pulpits leaving cracks for dollars to get through
to those who died for love
there’s no room in the sky above
you’ll simply need to find something else to do
Before the war one ear-bud each….
they’d fall asleep within reach
of the other’s heart beating behind a bedroom door
Now it’s two different songs
Going on about who don’t belong
And the heart pierced with an arrow carved in the floor
It was before the war it was before the war
Love was worth dying for
Before the war
“And so it came to pass….”
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“And thus are the rhythms of my internal sun…..”
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“This is why I root for MORE golf outings….”
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“Is anybody really surprised we’ve reached the war crimes portion of our program?….”
“NOBODY wants these things ringing our borough like some sort of dog fence….”
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The Walk of Shame
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He keeps finding new ways to be appalling….
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Old Friends
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Chief Brody’s chum…..
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