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Gravel + Leaves

from The Life You Hit by Callum Baird

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The leaves will still fall from the trees in that old mining town
The church bells will still ring out at midnight, same as every other hour
The rain still pours, across the doors and windows too
Whispering, baby, some day no-one’s gonna miss you

We called it the beach, but it was just gravel and leaves, by the riverside
It was there I grew up, oh the glory and love, and those winter fires
My first kiss, she stole it from me, way down in the forest’s heart
Oh to be back where it started

I can feel them about to take me now
The highway fades, and I hope that’s angels calling out
I can feel you about to leave me now
Your picture fades, and I’m praying everything evens out

I was racing home, four hours from dawn, to get back before she wakes
The working life, takes it all, takes it twice, and gives it back too late
And out of misty nowhere, headlights appeared, I flew off the side of the road
Baby, I won’t be coming home

She’ll be just twenty-three, when she lights that candle for me, still just a little girl
And I won’t say she’s wrong, if she moves on, but I’ll still wait for her
Wishing I could taste, her kiss on my lips, hear her jacket hit the floor
You say you love me, darling I always loved you more

I can feel them about to take me now
The highway fades, and I hope that’s angels calling out
I can feel you about to leave me now
Your picture fades, just pray for me everything evened out

Maybe I’ll sit, on the rooftops and whisper, to the passing cats
Maybe I’ll walk alone, towards the sun, on the railroad tracks
Maybe I’ll go, see the pyramids, like we always said we’d do
I wish I could have gone with you

I can feel them about to take me now
The highway fades, and I hope that’s angels calling out
I can feel you about to leave me now
Your picture fades, and I’m praying everything evens out

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from The Life You Hit, released October 11, 2010

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