A Simple Little Line

from Blue Metropolis by Craig King

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lyrics

You’re aging your wine in oak in a little long
Unless you want a frown upon your face so strong
You can’t feel your feet and you pray in sleep
That you won’t fly across the street
I said, oh oh, I’ll put that in my pocket for now
Until you somehow bring up another topic about
How cigarettes in a submarine will keep you going past your prime

Surely you won’t go out, surely you won’t go out
Surely you won’t go out in the ocean
When the waves are turning like a siren

I met a little thing with baskets on her head
Red letters on a sign that said, They keep me out of bed,
An arrow pointing up at her smile that made a million men lose their lives
I heard my friend burned his house to the ground
To quiet all the birds that chirp from the uptown
I asked him why, he said, I swear I only did it to write it down

But no one seemed to care too much about it or wonder why
His woman came back to eat him up with a simple little line like,
My love, my love
Is like a red, red rose
My love is like blood

Well, I’d lock myself in a room full of spiders
If you would promise me that I’d get a shotgun and some lighters
I just want to prove to you that I don’t have to learn how to dance
What you need is your face on the wall
So you can learn to laugh like everyone
Come on, it’s like a Sunday morning when you feel it in your head

Surely you won’t go out, surely you won’t go out
Surely you won’t go out in the ocean
When the winds are blowing like a siren

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from Blue Metropolis, released September 1, 2017

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Craig King Greenville, South Carolina

Craig King is a singer-songwriter and classically trained trumpet player.


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