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Crescent City

from Why Care EP by Alexandra Day

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Sweet Crescent City looks so pretty on my drive away day
Diamond ring on Louisiana
I aim my camera at the skyline as it fades away
But a picture won’t contain a thousand goodbyes

700 miles of highway blowing through my head
Blooms on Highway 10 ablaze in red
I shout out the window “Oh my love, farewell”
But one yell won’t contain a thousand goodbyes

I was so down and heavy hearted when I started this trip
Driving down to Louisiana
But she opened her big arms and said “Baby, you can tell me ‘bout it
Cuz everybody here is traumatized
And this town echoes ‘round with the sound of goodbyes”
So I sat down and ran that river dry

Goodbye to what I said when I was laying in your bed
Goodbye to empty shotguns and cities of the dead
Goodbye to what I promised myself under that crucifix
Goodbye like phantoms finally finding friends in moldy attics
Goodbye like bribes you pay and then hope for the best
Goodbye like prayers you pray as you cry and beat your chest
Goodbye to the illusion that we’d one day live in truth
Goodbye to the confusion from back when I thought I knew you
Goodbye like piles of crawfish, dead and delicious
And shots of bourbon helping me say goodbye to my wishes
Goodbye to that trust, goodbye to that faith
Goodbye to those ideas that kicked me in the face
Goodbye to that trust, goodbye to that faith
Goodbye to that faith

Sweet Crescent City looks so pretty on my drive away day
Diamond ring on Louisiana
I snap a picture but a picture won’t contain a thousand goodbyes

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from Why Care EP, released May 29, 2020

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