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lyrics

If you were a love song
A winsome melody
I’d hunt for harmony
I’d fumble through the key changes
And when I found the pitch to sing
To resonate with yours
The windows and the doors would shake
With overtones out to the nth degree

If I was a soldier
On tour in Normandy
I’d want you there with me
Armed right up to the teeth
Though truth be told you’re not the reason
I enlisted in the war
If you fought with me I’m sure
We’d give the enemy what for
And take the beach

If you were a rowboat
I’d be a water snake
Or a net caught in your wake
Something you couldn’t shake
From off the trail you cut
If you meant to cut and run
Cause babe I won’t be done
Chasing you until sweet sunshine warms my grave

You are like a metaphor
The sonnet writer’s muse of yore
A smiling simile personified
I lack sufficient imagery
To replicate in poetry
The storylines you’re writing with your eyes

If I was imprisoned
And sentenced to my death
You’d be my last request
I’d hold you to my chest
And we’d let echo through the cell block
Songs about what we believe in
At least that’s what I’m thinking
Would be the best way leaving here could go

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from The Hangdog Hymnal, released January 7, 2012

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