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You Could Take My House

from I Knew A Girl Once by Ray Zimmerman

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Sat in the car out in the dark in the cold in September
Talking ‘bout how we gonna live out here remember
Many days have passed now since that night

Waited patiently to find out how much we could borrow
If it don’t work out this time babe there’ll always be tomorrow
If everything goes wrong I’ll make it right

Days and weeks went by
Not much longer after I
Was sleeping fast beside you once we made

Plans for what we’d do
All the blueprints that we drew
Though many times since then those lines have changed

It’s only bricks and mortar patch of grass out in the back
In a thousand years be nothing but debris
You could tear down my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me

Mostly all the doors have closed most softly in their frames
But any times that they were harder they were fleeting just the same
As all those lazy Sunday mornings way back when

Take me to the ocean or the highest hill we’ve climbed
Wait until the sun sets then take me back in time
For I’ve been here before I’m going back again

Changed everything we didn’t like
Talking late into the night
Speculating all that might come next loo

Of all the things I promised you
I hope at least that some came true
But there’s plenty time to finish all that’s left

These walls and all they housed be gone when I leave town
In a thousand years be lost into the sea
You could wash away my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me

A thousand nights and more
I have spent behind it’s door
Many times I’ve held you in its walls
Many more I’ve kissed you in its halls

In time when all has burned to ash and only ghosts are left
If a hurricane takes this stone and sets it free
You could blow away my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me

If all I do is move with you to another part of town
Time for another to arrive and for us to flee
I could take leave of my house tomorrow but my home won’t take leave of me

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from I Knew A Girl Once, released October 13, 2020

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