Elephant Graveyard

from I Started With The Best Intentions by Goodbye Fairground

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We all grew up around here
we know this place like the back of our hands
every stool and every table
so pass another pint, another glass
another bottle and let’s drink to sadness
keep the bed warm, baby and I’ll be on my way
we are married to the girls on the playing cards
our jokes are old, most of them are even older than us
but we keep telling them like the chorus of a song
that everybody knows and wants to join in
I don’t know what’s right but I know what feels like it

booze has created this voice
these words, this situation
and I know damn well that this won’t be enough
but I’m heading home now to explain and/or apologize
those broken promises and lost intentions
I never meant to cause you pain
but we’ll have another round and we’ll drink to drinking
to drinking alone and drinking with friends
friends we only know by nicknames

do you remember the last things that she said?
She asked “if this is a game then where’s my funny hat
my toy gun and my fake police badge?”
She said “life goes on and I am gone now”.

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from I Started With The Best Intentions, released March 29, 2013

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