mary and i sat down one tuesday night to play around with our guitars. she started playing a really cool beat and the words just started flowing out of me. i was thinking of being let down by a lover and how crappy that would feel... you know what it's like when someone you trust totally drops the ball, right?
lyrics
don't think I didn't notice, don't think that I don't care
'cause we've been breathing all the same air, you ain't got nowhere to run
I've got words to say & you've got hell to pay
I saw you drop that ball back there
I heard you tell them things they wanted to hear
am I a burden my load to heavy to bear?
is this the end? or is it just the beginning?
roller coast, carousel love, ain't them the only ones that have fun?
I didn't think that you would bruise me, I didn't think that this would wound me
well I've been hurt before & you can heal my soul
I saw you drop that ball back there
I heard you tell them things they wanted to hear
am I a burden my load to heavy to bear?
is this the end? or is it just the beginning?
credits
from The Coach House,
released June 27, 2010
written by Shelley Adams & Mary Simon
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