Your House Is Burning Down

from Sacred Profanities (2010) by The Sacred Profanities

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It was me and you in Santa Cruz, I tried to lose my white-boy blues
I lost my car, I found some keys, I’ll say “no,” when you say “please”
Candles dance with evening air, by now I’ve been most everywhere
I’ve learned that your most incorrect replies drip with disrespect

CHORUS:
Was too much lint in the dryer, your house is burning down
I put your alcoholic mother on a train leaving town
The air was sweet with innocence when you robbed me down to my last cent
So get up, gal, and get gone now
I am done with all this discontent

I been a bit too country, a bit too kind, for some reason you seem to mind
You made your point, your point is moot, give me grits for breakfast and cowboy boots

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
For a while there I stood right by your side
My loved ones couldn’t make me leave, but they all tried
They told me you were telling dirty lies
It was a truth I tried to rationalize

It’s a young man’s world or so they say, so you won’t steal my heart away
You’re a fool for me, it’s plain to see, as plain as my iniquity

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from Sacred Profanities (2010), released June 1, 2010

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Jeremy Wilson & Kirby Lee Hammel have been writing and playing in the Bay Area since 2007.

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