Tom P Buckley

Lyrics

[Intro]
[strummed acoustic guitar with percussive palm mutes]
[Verse 1]
[male baritone vocals]
I only loved you
As long as I could
I could only hold you
With arms all I had to do was tell you I loved you then
No one here to blame you
No one here to sort out your memory
[Chorus]
[increased strumming intensity]
As I grow wiser
Wiser off the deep end
Maybe find a new way
Wiser in the heart
[Verse 2]
Deck of cards and take you out
Still all you want
When you're out of liquor then you're gone
Oh, gone
[Bridge]
[vocal shifts to strained, higher register]
But it's not so hard
To see the treetops, it's not so hard
To feel the day rain, it's not so hard
To wear a dress made out of drapes
My dad always thought that that was great
I had on her and I thought it was for the best
Hey, hey
Try out the newest thing you've got
Love someone else in the afterworld and I
Don't be scared of the friend you always knew
[Outro]
[softer delivery]
Not the person that you wanted to
Not the person that you're stuck on
Stuck on, stuck on, stuck on
[belting vocals]
And now I'm chucked
Hey, now I'm chucked
And now I'm chucked
Now I'm chucked
Now I see my motorcycle ride
How many roads it took me on
To burn up many pieces of this life
[vocals fade to a whisper]
Where you are
[guitar final strum]