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A Place For You To Sleep

from No Time To Be Tender by Ian Fitzgerald

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I've been moving since I met you but I'm starting to lose speed
I could show you with an empty hand how much of this I need
I've been learning lessons that you didn't mean to teach
While you've been learning how to put your interests out of reach
You say you're 'fraid of falling but you haven't left your feet
While I've been tying tightropes sixty stories 'bove the street
You say you've seen it all, but how much have you really seen?
Your lids are hanging heavy with the weight of your dreams

Any threat's a better bet than breaking your belief
I've been standing sideways letting you in like a thief
Shut your mouth and don't give me that look before you leap
You should have known not every bed's a place for you to sleep
One warm wind could do you in like seeds of cotton grass
How can a man know where he stands if the last word doesn't last?
You say you've seen it all, but how much have you really seen?
Your lids are hanging heavy with the weight of your dreams

Sweep out all the ashes, there's a fire to be lit
There's no place for the present when the past is in the pit
You can hand your heart to heroes like the mistress of a myth
But the truth will turn against you, it won't matter who you're with

You begged for more than mercy but you waited much too late
I couldn't tell if you were trying to tempt me or fate
We can't meet in the middle if there's no first step you'll take
And I'm not gonna be here when the bridge begins to break
It couldn't get much darker here, if you've got any bright ideas
You'd better spit them out instead of swallowing your tears
You say you've seen it all, but how much have you really seen?
Your lids are hanging heavy with the weight of your dreams

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from No Time To Be Tender, released February 26, 2013

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Ian Fitzgerald Providence, Rhode Island

Though perhaps technically a singer-songwriter, Ian Fitzgerald prefers the term 'folk singer,' as it more accurately describes the tradition in which his music is rooted. From early twentieth century field recordings through Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch, and hundreds of artists in between, Ian has been influenced by one of the sturdiest strains of American music. ... more

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