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I still have your picture; You never grew old But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold I don't see a wrinkle or any signs of age 'caused by the bars of your soft gilded cage I knew you had wings; I didn't know you could fly So far from my arms and so high in the sky My loneliness binds me down hard to this Earth I don't know who I am; Don't know what I'm worth The edges are dog-eared and the coating is cracked But it's still your picture and its holding me back I remember the heartaches; I remember the pain But Darling what we had we won't find again And it's rivers of tear drops lost in acres of songs and I'm drinking to discover what I did was so wrong I've got mem'ries unopened and stories untold But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold We loved with a warmth could light up the sky But the fire went out and the love it just died I still have your picture; You never grew old But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold J. H. Webb
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Jul 5, 2019
Jul 5, 2019 at 12:21 AM UTC
How Come I'm Grey But You're Shiny and Cold
I still have your picture; You never grew old But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold I don't see a wrinkle or any signs of age 'caused by the bars of your soft gilded cage I knew you had wings; I didn't know you could fly So far from my arms and so high in the sky My loneliness binds me down hard to this Earth I don't know who I am; Don't know what I'm worth The edges are dog-eared and the coating is cracked But it's still your picture and its holding me back I remember the heartaches; I remember the pain But Darling what we had we won't find again And it's rivers of tear drops lost in acres of songs and I'm drinking to discover what I did was so wrong I've got mem'ries unopened and stories untold But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold We loved with a warmth could light up the sky But the fire went out and the love it just died I still have your picture; You never grew old But how come I'm grey and you're shiny and cold J. H. Webb
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Jul 5, 2019
Jul 5, 2019 at 12:21 AM UTC
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