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You Don't Deserve This Song (red​/​hot pink)

from Live from La La Land (full collection – 25 tracks) by A Girl Named Earl

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You Don’t Deserve This Song

You don’t deserve this song
just like the one before, and the one before…
…and the one before, and I hate myself
when I pick up the guitar and I write one more, and
You don’t deserve this song
just like the one where I tell how you broke my heart, and
You don’t deserve this song
just like the one where I tell how I fell apart
and like the one where I landed flat on my face,
the one where I slipped into a deep, dark place,
just like the one where I learned to crawl back out,
and the one where I admit that I still think about you –
You don’t deserve this song.

And I DO deserve this song
just like the one before, and the one before…
…and I’ tryin not to hate myself,
so I pick up the guitar and write ONE DAME MORE, and
I do deserve this song
because you tug at the heart on my sleeve and I let you.
And I do deserve this song
so I can try moving on instead of tryin to forget you.
So I bare my soul, let go my pride
(it’s easier than trying to keep it all inside),
‘cuz I wanna make it through to another day,
where maybe everything’ll just be okay – I do,
I do deserve this song.

Maybe one day we’ll move beyond this curve
And we’ll come to an end that we both deserve –
A moment when we can let things go…
But until then, I just want you to know…
…that…
You don’t deserve this song
just like the one before, and the one before…
…and the one before, and I hate myself
when I pick up the guitar and I write one damn more, and
You don’t deserve this song
just like the one where I tell how you broke my heart, and
You don’t deserve this song
just like the one where I tell how I fell apart
and like the one where I landed flat on my face,
the one where I slipped into a deep, dark place,
just like the one where I learned to crawl back out,
and the one where I admit that I still think about you –
You don’t deserve this song.
No, you don’t deserve this song.

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from Live from La La Land (full collection – 25 tracks), released October 16, 2020

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A Girl Named Earl Louisville, Kentucky

I am a music nerd and multi-directional artist.

I write and play a wide variety of songs in genres ranging from folk to rockabilly to blues to punk rock*.
*(See also: Hal Dolls.)

My instruments of choice include voice, guitar, dulcimer, washboard, banjo, and an array of percussive gadgets.

(Profile/album art by Joanna Sternberg. Check out their page too!) joannasternberg.bandcamp.com ... more

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