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Missing the War

from A Way to Get Back Home by Craig Manning

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And I know that I’m missing the war
And I know that I'm growing up bored
And I know that I don’t have the words anymore
To say “I’m sorry that I left you alone”

And I know that I don’t have a choice
I just got so fucking sick of the sound of my own voice
And I lost the will to go on again
But I’ll find it when we’re grown

But you find hope in the words I sing
And you seem to know the answer to this riddle
I haven’t been able to solve
‘Cause I…I don’t know

Had a dream that I burned all the books
That we used to read each other when we were thieves and crooks
Before the ambulance arrived and took what’s left of my soul
In the blood that I bleeding when I met you

‘Cause I know that you smashed a hole into my chest
When I looked into your eyes that night
And you said that it was perfect as you turned out the light
And then they had to come scrape me off the floor

Cause you found meaning in my stupid words
And you saw a man instead of this scared and helpless little boy
And you seemed to know the way to reach me when no one else could
So I thought I’d give you my heart

I know that I lost my way
I just got so damn tired of driving down the same two-lane
And now I feel my car’s about to die
And you’re waiting there in the headlights

And yeah, I know that I missed the class today
And I’m off on some adventure
And riding on that same airplane
That killed Buddy Holly and so many other greater men than me
What did I do to deserve you?

‘Cause I never thought I’d write a song worth anybody singing but my self
Or pen a line that anyone would be able to remember past next week
But you’re here and you’re singing along to every single letter
And I know it’s just a song, but it’s ours

So let’s go on, and let’s miss the war
Let’s just ride off into the sunset, and find a place to call our own
Don’t care if it’s on a mountain, or in a small and quiet town
Let’s go, time’s a wastin’

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from A Way to Get Back Home, released April 19, 2016

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