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Julie's New Windowpane

from Demo by Rory Strong

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Julie’s got a brand new window pane
Hanging out with me at the end of the lane
And I got a brand new set of strings
A couple new songs I’ve been trying to sing
And she says, “Could you sing that song for me?
The only someone else wrote ‘If It Makes You Happy?’”
She says, “But if you’re too tired then it ain’t no thing.”
She says, “It ain’t no thing at all.”

And all my friends were talking about places they were staying
And I was in the kitchen when the band had started playing
I maybe should’ve listened to all that you were saying when you said it

Maybe nobody means to be a heavier stone
We just get all caught up in these weights of our own
And if I’d spent last time digging up crushed bones
Maybe I could belay it

But still you said, “Hey girlfriend, put your dancing boots on
We’ve got another five minutes before they shut it down
And if you ask the band real nice if they know our song maybe they could play it.”
That’s when the band started playing

Alright so Jim’s got the same bad habits as me
That’s how we all ended up here on Christmas Eve
He even introduces me to his family
And his kid says she’s gonna give a gift to me
So she gives me this crystal hanging from a string
To be honest I don’t really believe in that sort of thing
But I’m never as right as I’d like to be
No, sometimes I’m not write at all

So when she took that necklace and she placed it ‘round my collar
It was all that I could do not to lose my shit and holler
When really I know I should just say “Hey thanks for the offer”
I still have that necklace somewhere

That’s when you said “Hey girlfriend, don’t you know you’re not special
At least no more and no less than anyone else is anyone else is special
So stop trying to make yourself some kind of exception and maybe start living your life for once.”

So I went to to the gazebo for the last time that night
And I stayed up way too late and I almost missed my flight
It’s Nick says, “Don’t you know you can be just as strange as you like
But don’t be a stranger.”
No, I don’t want to be a stranger.

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from Demo, released May 28, 2019

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