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Hoping You Would Stay
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counting seconds after midnight
here my breath is the only thing
there’s a sweetness still that lingers
as though I never watched you leave
should I write a requiem
or will I get to tell you that
I was holding back
waiting for the words to say
that I’ve been broken down
but I’m ready to be whole again
and I was hoping
hoping that you would stay
from this second story window
I see your face in passersby
and were it not for lack of courage
you would be here by my side
should I write a requiem
or will I get to tell you that
I was holding back
trying to find the words to say
that I’ve been broken down
but I’m ready to be whole again
and I was hoping
hoping that you would stay
I’ve been tongue-tied
shackled up, too scared to try
but I don’t want to let you pass me by
I was holding back
I’ve been broken down
I was holding back
trying to find the words to say
that I’ve been broken down
but I’m ready to be whole again
and I was hoping
hoping that you would stay
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all my friends are skipping town
while I’m stuck in the here and now
losing all the right words to say
holding on to hopelessness
still hoping that that hold might stick
what’s a little wool to keep my eyes closed
what kind of love is that
display to you your weakness
what kind of love is that
to make you weep
what kind of love is that
it opens up then closes
holding up your brokenness intact
see that love won’t last
dancing in this rented room
okay I forgot my dancing shoes
but what is it to you if I can’t
the birds they sing inside my head
but I cannot put their tune to pen
I’m making noise, I must be making something
what kind of love is that
display to you your weakness
what kind of love is that
to make you weep
what kind of love is that
it opens up then closes
holding up your brokenness intact
see that love won’t last
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Tennessee Lines
04:16
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throw it in the bag I’m heading down south
gonna see what freedom is all about
I’ve been thinking to myself out loud
I gotta get out of this cage somehow
coming on up to Tennessee lines
where the air is thick with hope and rhyme
see the devil on the side of that road
I close my eyes and keep going
they say hard living makes you stronger
but I wonder could they be wrong
they say how you get to where you’re going
is just by going, so I’ll keep going on
until the hard living is gone
talking with a trucker up from New Orleans
hauling 40 nights and for 40 days
hasn’t seen his wife and kids in that long
but you do what you gotta do to get on
said he was coming on up to Tennessee lines
rolling over hills with the sun in eyes
saw the devil on the side of that road
he hit the gas and kept going
they say hard living makes you stronger
but I wonder could they be wrong
they say how you get to where you’re going
is just by going, so I’ll keep going on
until the hard living is gone
no matter how far you crawl
this pavement stays the same
no matter how far you crawl
nobody knows your name
nobody knows your name
they say hard living makes you stronger
but I wonder could they be wrong
they say how you get to where you’re going
is just by going, so I’ll keep going on
until the hard living is gone
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Noah Derksen Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian Folk Music’s 2021 Emerging Artist of the Year, Noah Derksen is quickly becoming known as a songwriter’s songwriter. Hailing from the heart of the Canadian Prairies, Noah has spent years honing his craft across North America. With a rich and soulful voice, Noah weaves poetry that sounds instantly familiar on first listen. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada. ... more
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