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Giving Up

from Don't Call Me an Artist by -k

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There’s a low hanging ceiling that keeps scraping top my head
Some days I feel I’m growing taller
And the light outside my window, it’s been getting pretty dim,
And the shadows on the floor are stretching farther
So when it’s time for me to move on, I’ll leave my key inside a drawer
And write a farewell message in the dust
I’ll put my guitar in the closet, wrap it up in spider webs,
And loosen up the strings and let ‘em rust

when that candle fades
And the light burns out
And the fire in your eyes
Is shrouded in doubt
Is it time to give it up?
Is it time to give it up?

I was sitting on a park bench with an open guitar case
And a handful of change short of a dollar
With the elder burned out buskers playing music in the streets
I see myself in them when I hear them holler
Out their lonesome lamenting’s of their what ifs and their onlys
And of how their dreams have withered
And I know it ain’t been easy living with someone so bitter
But I never thought of myself as a quitter

But when that candle fades
And the light burns out
And the fire in your eyes
Is shrouded in doubt
Is it time to give it up?
Is it time to give it up?
Is it time to give it up?
Is it time to give it up?
And let the dream pass you by
With a slow and somber sigh
Giving up is easy if you just don’t try.

I was waiting on a phone call from a long and distant friend
Who I hadn’t seen in several years
And I smiled at the sound of his voice inside the speaker
As we reminisced the good times and the cheers
And he laughed oh weren’t we foolish, we thought we’d both be famous
Making poetry, music, and our art
And with cowardice compliance, I added in agreement,
I said I guess we never really had the heart

For when that candle fades
And the light burns out
And the fire in your eyes
Is shrouded in doubt
Is it time to give it up?
Is it time to give it up?
is it time?
is it time?
is it time?

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from Don't Call Me an Artist, released October 31, 2015

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-k Hurdland, Missouri

i sing songs that pop in my head.
I record them so i can forget them.
Here they are.
Enjoy.

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