It’s one in the morning, are you lying awake
With the ceiling fan spinning, do you think of mistakes
That you might have made when you tried to run
Too fast to think about what you’d become
It’s ok if you’re still afraid
I won’t picture you that way
Now, two in the morning, with her breath beside
Rising and falling like some kind of tide
That pulls in the water and won’t let it out
Till it fills up your lungs with worry and doubt
It’s ok if you feel your age
I won’t picture you that way
I’ll picture you dancing in the heat of the night
Head all flames, clothes all white
All your juke joints and brass knuckle bars
And your fingers on the frets of your guitar
Youth don’t come, but you know it goes
Can’t keep it forever, so you try to hold
On to better days
Hold on to better days
Three o’clock now and the street’s so still
Nobody came for you, nobody will
There ain’t no hero climbing your walls
You never learned not to build em so tall
It’s ok if you need to be saved
I won’t picture you that way
Four o’clock fire in the cage of your chest
Fuelled by the faces of the ones you left
But if you gotta dream that I’m in that room
Dream that I softly whisper to you
It’s ok if you’re not ok
I won’t picture you that way
I’ll picture the day you opened that door
Like a storm nobody had seen before
Rattled my windows, shook my floor
But you don’t seem to do that anymore
Youth don’t come, but you know it goes
Can’t keep it forever, so you try to hold
On to better days
Hold on to better days
Five o’clock comes, then it’s gone
Six o’clock brings the first sign of dawn
Another morning, try to forget
No matter how bright, the sun rises to set
It’s ok if you’re still afraid
I won’t picture you that way
Hold on to better days
Hold on to better days
credits
from Ruby,
released September 28, 2017
Written by Adam Sterling (SOCAN)
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