Flight of the Monarchs

One Heartbreak Away

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by admin.
Categories: Music, Writing.

This is an outtake, but I figured it was worth putting here anyway…

 

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Here are the lyrics:

Put your sorry head upon my shoulders
sometimes you gotta let things go.
I’ll be coming home when you get older
the devil never will catch me. No.
And I’ll store up all your tears
into a safe deposit box yeah where God keeps
those things
and the taste of salt will be on my mouth for years.
I love you like a drowning man.
And on holidays I’ll send you all
of your favorite things
like a pair of new running shoes,
so you can run your little feet on back to me.
I’m only one heartbreak away from you
and it ain’t that far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe love is like a bird
that’s been set out from a boat to find land on a
raging sea
where I’ll know you’re alright if you never come back to me
I’ll still help you find your way on home
’cause for forty days and nights I’ll be sending up flares.
I’m only one heartbreak away from you
and it ain’t that far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
And my loneliness is a weekend’s drive.
Maybe love is like a book
written especially for you in the blood of the prophets who’ve died
and as long as you read it you know you will be kept alive
and though you’d hate me I’d still want you to know
’cause you think of true love as a stamp on a mother’s day card
when your mom really wanted a call.
She’s only one heartbreak away from you
and that ain’t far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe love is like a Sunday service
that ends with a prayer where I find myself
speaking in tounges
and the Lord talks to me and I finally say: “I am here.”
You’ll always be my closest friend.
And I know that someday You’ll come back and wipe dry
all my tears.
I’m only one heartbreak away from You
and it ain’t that far it’s true,
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe.

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