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You got your cigarette lit Bathed in the back porch light Gesturing madly with your drink Lifting it to your lips And taking a sip The air is starry And the sky is lit Like the fire in the firepit We lead ourselves astray Into lives we never thought we'd leave Say goodbye like we're saying hello I can remember watching the shadows recede On the white picket fence But not the smile on your face When it left me without a chance Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over The kids are crying You tell them it's alright I take your hand Pull you closer for the night If we can keep it up Play this charade With our flawless facade We can make it thru Until the sun comes up Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over Your cigarette is out And the spirit's empty Bottles on the floor The fire is ashes And they're burning out Quicker than we can light the match We lead ourselves astray Into lives we never thought we'd leave Say goodbye like we're saying hello I can remember watching the shadows recede On the white picket fence But not the smile on your face When it left me without a chance Oh but these nights They don't retreat The don't Retreat There's broken dishes And broken hearts They litter this home Like works of art There's empty wine glasses And empty conversations They litter this house Like works of art Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over The war is over After the war is over The war is over The war is over After the war is over The war is over Don't retreat
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Nov 17, 2013
Nov 17, 2013 at 6:34 PM UTC
Retreat
You got your cigarette lit Bathed in the back porch light Gesturing madly with your drink Lifting it to your lips And taking a sip The air is starry And the sky is lit Like the fire in the firepit We lead ourselves astray Into lives we never thought we'd leave Say goodbye like we're saying hello I can remember watching the shadows recede On the white picket fence But not the smile on your face When it left me without a chance Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over The kids are crying You tell them it's alright I take your hand Pull you closer for the night If we can keep it up Play this charade With our flawless facade We can make it thru Until the sun comes up Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over Your cigarette is out And the spirit's empty Bottles on the floor The fire is ashes And they're burning out Quicker than we can light the match We lead ourselves astray Into lives we never thought we'd leave Say goodbye like we're saying hello I can remember watching the shadows recede On the white picket fence But not the smile on your face When it left me without a chance Oh but these nights They don't retreat The don't Retreat There's broken dishes And broken hearts They litter this home Like works of art There's empty wine glasses And empty conversations They litter this house Like works of art Oh but these nights They don't retreat Oh, no they don't Retreat They stay so long After the war is over The war is over After the war is over The war is over The war is over After the war is over The war is over Don't retreat
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Nov 17, 2013
Nov 17, 2013 at 6:34 PM UTC
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