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Leave A Light On

by Velcro Mary

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Take a pill Take a bottle Take a drink To help you swallow A roll of film A cigarette Another sip To help forget Here’s a pen And here’s the paper Sign your name So they can take her A wedding ring A waiting room Just hope the pills Start working soon For all you know you're in the right Whatever helps you sleep at night Take a pill Take a bottle Take a drink To help you swallow
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I'd like to come and see you but I cannot spare the clothes Cuz you never let me inside and I always go home cold I was freezing all through summer in a crowded parking lot Put the heat on in the car but air conditioning's all I got You said to call you when I got there but I probably should have left Cuz while you sit warm inside your house I'm freezing to death If you have to give me something I could use an extra shirt Bring a blanket to the hospital because this cold's starting to hurt I could use something in long sleeves make yourself a mental note If this is gonna last much longer I'm gonna need a thicker coat Tried to call you from a pay phone swear to god I saw my breath And although it's eighty-some degrees I'm freezing to death
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I heard you went to bed I heard you went on cruise control I heard you lost your head And then you tried to sell your soul I heard you nodded off And everybody left you be Wake up in the morning And you grow up to be dead I heard you called in sick I heard you tried to fake a cough I heard you were a prick And then you turned your cellphone off I heard you went to went to sleep And then you missed everything Wake up in the morning And you grow up to be dead I heard you took a job I hear you get to cash a check I heard that you got robbed And no one bought your album yet I hear that every night You pass out on your leather couch Wake up in the morning And you grow up to be dead
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None of you will ever know my intentions None of you will pass the test on close inspection Blame it on a friend who never came around when you were lonely Blame it on a man who always held you down and broke you slowly Blame it on a girl who never held your hand to make you happy Blame it on yourself you never took the chance when you still had one There must be something in my eye None of you will second guess my direction None of you will stand your ground and face rejection Blame it on a boy who never called you back and took you dancing Blame it on a girl who made you hold your breath and left you choking These bruises never heal they surface on the flesh and leave you ugly These sinners we call friends they always let you down and leave you hanging There must be something in my eye
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The car came and went and it left me behind Standing right next to the loitering sign A bomb in my pocket that just slipped my mind don't bother asking me, i'm always fine I still have some sparklers on the fifth of July Sometimes wonder why I even try And I get so lonesome i think I could die I still have some sparklers on the fifth of July There's a hole in my head and it's leaking again But there's no need to notify my next of kin Self-medicated with orange juice and gin To leave is a shame but to stay is a sin I still have some sparklers on the fifth of July Sometimes wonder why I even try And I get so lonesome i think I could die I still have some sparklers on the fifth of July
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Crepe paper streamers Dusty and limp Hung with scotch tape And bent paper clips The numbers are in and We’ve seen all the charts Pulling the plug and You’re breaking our hearts With your fourth quarter funeral Warm diet cola And stale carrot cake Portioned for friends on styrofoam plates The casket’s a rental The speech is a bore And I can’t help but feel Like we’ve been here before At your fourth quarter funeral
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It only takes one Again and again In the comfort of strangers In the shadow of friends You only need one To make it alright To shake out the cobwebs And get through the night You thought you were done I guess not quite It only takes one At the end of the day To stop you from shaking And make it ok You only need one Or that’s what you said To silence the critics And put this to bed It used to be fun Or was it all in your head?
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Don’t come over I’m not older anymore Your cold shoulder Left me sleeping on the floor Leave a light on in the dark Keep a candle burning bright I’ll be there when you wake up In the middle of the night My hotel year In an ordinary town Going nowhere End up buried in the ground Leave a light on in the dark Keep a candle burning bright I’ll be there when you wake up In the middle of the night
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Two things move at the same time Two things move in a straight line You just taste like smoke lately You used to taste like strawberries Two things fruit of the same vine Two things drunk on the same wine You just taste like smoke lately You used to taste like strawberries
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If you're not well Would you say something? I promise to tell Everyone nothing Seasons to sleep Secrets to keep Penny a thought Silence is cheap If you believe The face of your doctor How could you hide The truth from your daughter? Seasons to sleep Secrets to keep She lies awake Counting the sheep

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released November 6, 2015

Written, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered at home by Jason Erb.

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Velcro Mary Charlotte, North Carolina

I was self-isolating and social-distancing before it was a thing.

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