I Write the Book
Patty Griffin
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I'm over here and it's cold I'm writing recipes for growing old Growing old, mean and alone Oh, baby, pick up the phone This pain in my heart Has been with me through the ages And I walk around it like a very old friend It goes everywhere I go It's been everywhere I've been There's something shiny in my pocket It's the key to my heart Why don't you unlock it? It used to be good between us I don't know how to explain We used to be Adonis and Venus Now we're the water flowing down the drain I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain It used to be good between us I don't know how to explain We used to be Adonis and Venus Now we're the water flowing down the drain Don't want to be bad Don't want to lie Don't want to make you mad and I don't want to die Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives Cutting through me like a knife I been eating your crops like a big old locust From now on I'm gonna be a little more in focus I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain It used to be good between us I don't know how to explain We used to be Adonis and Venus Now we're the water flowing down the drai
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Written by: PATRICIA J. GRIFFIN
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