Too Long
  JERRY BROWNING

 

 BROKEN COMPASS   

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Too Long
 

i like to cut up in the clubs
surrounded by good-time friends
who cover for me when things get rough
then go their way again
hell, even when i find a beauty queen
who lets me take her home
i still wake up in the morning
feeling foreign and alone

so, take a good look pretty lady
tell me if you see
value in the lonely heart
of a crazy fool like me

i'm not afraid to fight the world
never been afraid to die
my fear is such a stupid thing'
to let no one see me cry
and i seem to run away from love
run away from pain
into my whiskey bottle
where i never feel the rain

so, take a good look pretty lady
at this careless little boy
with no direction in his life
bound to self destroy

people trap me in an image
that catches up with me
'cause when i lie awake at night
i'm my own worst enemy
for i know what's rattling in the attic'
the plight of never finding love
wonder why i keep on trying
and what crimes i'm guilty of

so, help me little lady
be there when i'm down
got no way of showing
that i'm looking to be found
too long without true love

Houston, Texas '82




Empact Image -
"Dancehall Love" by Jerry Browning
 

Play "Too Long" recited by Julie Hoverson

Julie Hoverson - Voice Actor
19 Nocturne Boulevard

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