From the recording Existential Frontiers
Lyrics
Soft as a Hand-Me-Down Girl
Am C
I met you on the steps before our greatest descent
Am C
In a midnight town were we paid too much rent
Am C
We covered our dreams with liquor, leather and soil
Am C
Found a place where our good lives could recoil
F C G
Like a pistol that was shot twice in haste
Am G
Little birds will fall from the sky
Em G
Let's make a better you and I
Am G
My tough punk rock angel
Em G
Soft as a hand-me-down girl
Em Am
Soft as a hand-me-down girl
Am C
everything that gets full, gets empty again
Am C
bags of marijuana, bottles of sapphire gin
Am C
cigarettes rolled tight, tobacco on the floor
Am C
guitars, silver, beads, amps and paint
F C G
I never said I was a saint
(Chorus)
Am C
We headed out West, then East once again
Am C
Tried to make up for our parents failed lives
Am C
Found ourselves trapped in a house with a fence
Am C
Everyone’s gotta break their heart open wide
F C G
Its a diamond crushing landslide
(Chorus)
Am C
That was several bright book burnings ago
Am C
We’ve changed our names, our homes, our cell phones
Am C
Covered our ink as the forgetting grows
Am C
I clearly recall now how you kept all those bones
F C G
And I left naked, free and clear
(Chorus)
Outro: Em G Em G
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