The Things I Used To Be

from Stranger Friend (2022) by Dan Frechette

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The Things I Used To Be

Got the blues in my heart
you all walking out on me
Got the blues in my heart
you all walking out on me
There's money on this highway
that's how good life can be

Mud in the dust winter all summer long
Mud in the dust winter all summer long
Non stop talkers gonna tell you how things gone wrong

Some people go off to work
some people go off to war
Some people go off to work
some people go off to war
What I'm just too jaded to enjoy my life anymore

I'll have a side of blues
don't let no jazz get in the way
I'll have a side of blues
don't let no jazz get in the way
Well I want you alone
and I want it your way

Where's that feeling now?
You know I ain't about to retire
Where's that feeling now?
You know I ain't about to retire
Everything looks good on paper
but I'm wondering where's the fire?

I'm playing this empty room
watching this life pass me by
I'm playing this empty room
watching this life pass me by
Do you want to be
one of the left behind?

Left me for dead but I ain't gonna die
Left me for dead but I ain't gonna die
better a broken heart than a wasted life

You can do better than me til' we're far between and few
You can do better than me til' we're far between and few
You won't dream of me but I do dream of you

Give me some blues from the stones down in the ground
Give me some blues from the stones down in the ground
Why I thought it would last forever
but forever ain't coming around

Even the stars are smiling they're alone and free
Even the stars are smiling they're alone and free
I'm hanging on to all these things that I used to be
I'm hanging on to all these things that I used to be
I'm hanging on to all these things that I used to be

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from Stranger Friend (2022), released December 13, 2022

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