jealous whiskey
09.13
we went walking in the hills above the highway
In your coat I was thinking maybe you could take me far away
and bury the cage i had just sprung
to a place where everything shined and no one was falling down
falling down drunk
I recall the first time that I saw that I was
back in trouble with the thing that I was always running from
the monster that murdered my father
the spectre that spoke to my mother
and made her laugh when no one said anything funny
and made her cry whenever she thought of her daddy
and you just seemed so ever loving level headed
you just looked so unlike the other ones
and I must admit I was looking for someone to save me
I know I am, I am such a weak woman
I am such a weak woman
And my eyes ran red till it felt like they were bleeding
and I cried cried cried when I was asleep and dreaming
And I tried tried tried to outrun all those demons
but the whiskey always came back jealous,
Screaming
And all that I wanted was to stack my wood beside yours
and live in the mountains and watch the storms roll in
we’d crack eggs into our cast iron skillets
and sing sweet songs to our green-eyed children
and all that I wanted was someone who wasn’t addicted
it was a foolish dream
All that I wanted was someone to put down the bottle
and hold me
but you won’t hold me
But hope springs eternal
Hope springs eternal
Hope springs eternal
And I just can’t help holding out
And no one’s gonna save me
no one’s gonna save me
no one’s gonna save me
I’d better learn to help myself
We went walking in the hills above the highway
in your coat i was thinking maybe you could take me far away