Songs by James T.


   

BETTER AT GOODBYE (7" VERSION)

  1. BETTER AT GOODBYE (7" VERSION)
    James T.
    Genre: Americana/alt rock / alt country
    Tempo: uptempo


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    Lyrics:
                                                      
    V1 Watching numbers on the monitor Poppin' aspirin for the pain in my brain Feeling small in the terminal Waiting for my morning train My eyes are bloodshot My arm covers my wide yawned teeth And my skin gets tired tingles Yearning for silver sheets Businessmen around me Students and tourists, too I’m glancing at the fringes Daydreaming I see you Chorus I still don’t know where we got lost We somehow forgot to try We were so good together But we were better at goodbye Hey, hey, yea Better at goodbye Hey, hey, yea V2 The day we met was a different tired We stayed up all night talking You wore dinosaurs on your shirt Silver earrings dangling I was sure I could topple one more windmill With my crooked pool cue You were sure the Grand Ball was still waiting And any slippers would do We bathed in a pool in a hidden grotto We kissed in the frond of a giant fern Your skin was soft as orchid petals And mirrored the flickering candle’s burn Chorus I still don’t know where we got lost We somehow forgot to try We were so good together But we were better at goodbye Hey, hey, yea Better at goodbye Hey, hey, yea Middle 8 / Bridge There’s a fast blur of swamps and farms The train is only half-full I can stretch out my legs And my seat is comfortable But I can’t seem to close my lids on you yet I imagine you walk through the carriage door And lay your head on my lap And say "I don’t want to fight anymore" V3 But I see you’re far from here As I study the windowpane And squeeze my hands together As if my body is trying to pray Chorus You pulled away / (oh) you scared me Like I stepped from a roof to nothing but sky And I wanted to say "I need you" But I was better at saying "goodbye" Hey, hey, yea Better at goodbye Hey, hey, yea Outtro I was better at goodbye


                                                                                                                                                                                        
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