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*some lines are pulled from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic as reference/wink to the book. How to Be a Winner When You Lose was a song prompt from Eagles Songwriter Jack Tempchin it's not like i was asking loss to be my best friend but she stuck around when the chips were down i've always found her at the bitter end it's not like i've forgotten where the doors are or how to knock them i quite like the sound of the pavement pounding underneath the steps of my ambition i wanted big magic the kind of life that shoots across the sky lighting up the dark i've got this book of matches wet with regret, splintered with time and I can't find the spark seems like big magic's only big hat trick is to go when she knows you blew a fuse she'll leave you sitting in the dim learning how to be a winner when you lose it's not like I'm complaining about the waxing and the waning i prefer the rise and fall of a curve ball i'm always honored by her visitation it's not like i am choiceless or powerless or voiceless but i feel so weak, it gets hard to speak in the ruthless furnace of expectation
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we built a freight train, it carried cargo
we set the train out to sea if it would float we had a false hope we had so far to go if only trains had buoys we should have built a boat, we should have let it sail instead we built a train and let the train derail we built a strong ship upon a railroad sang sailor songs and dreamed of moving in one lane we had a true love, we called it music the anchor dropped, there was no steam we should have built a train, we had a thousand tries instead we built a boat and let the boat capsize i'll dock my boat out in calmer waters close enough to see land and i'll look for you your locomotive will pass along the harbor just close enough to squeeze my hand as you fly through i'm going to build a boat, i'm going to hoist the mast you're going to build a train, you're going to hear my name a voice from the past we're going to learn and grow, we're going to have some fun go our separate ways and maybe meet some day out by the setting sun you take up space, yeah, you give good face but you can’t remember the last time someone saw you small you touch so high, others rely on you to light their sky when you don’t feel bright at all so take the time you need to find the light that shines deep within and we’ll be alright with less of your light cause we see the beauty even through the dim *verses co-written with Veronica May (chorus/bridge partial cover of Snoop Dogg/Pharell song of the same name)
starting out it was the shot heard round the world a committed lady going after a noncommittal girl but then time, time finally took its toll life was the objective and love was the goal and then i said... you're beautiful, i just want you to know, you're my favorite girl finally settled down and things got better consider this song a little love letter it's like a whole new life now that you're in it baby be my wife, and let's begin it i just wanted you to know that you are really special *Co-write with Veronica May. (first verse lyrics corrected - we got it backwards in the video) she was late to church one day and they need someone had to play so he picked up her guitar right when she pulled up in her car bethel and ollie met that day they were full of love (bethel and ollie) they were full of light (bethel and ollie) he was more than a husband (bethel and ollie) she was more than a wife (true love) they were true to their vows (bethel and ollie) til the day the died (always falling) bethel and ollie always falling into love he tended to their fields as she tended to their home they intended to give love and had five children of their own camping in the summers, cotton in the spring and in the fall they were falling i hate the pity in your voice please don’t take that tone with me yeah, i feel shitty but that was my choice i’m just trying to find a moment of happy i’ve been better but i’ll be fine it’s not easy losing your mind the buildup’s better than the breakdown cause when i breakdown nobody’s around i feel like shouting every word please don’t take that from me i’m tired of getting what i deserve it’s time i deserve some happy |
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