John Moreland

Latchkey Kid

John Moreland


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[Verse 1]
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Well tonight the stars are screaming; I’ve long been learning how to let it go
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I got these old forgotten feelings; Looking back on how I got so low
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Sometimes life plays like a series of exams
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And you need someone to wash the bad blood off your hands
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Well you’ll always be my favorite latchkey kid
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I’m sorry that I hurt you like I did

[Verse 2]
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There’s something wrong, something missing; Something I’ve seen inside my friends
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And Lord, It’s hard to have the vision; Standing at the darkest of dead ends
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Won’t you tell me how the story goes and goes
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When I’m too lost to tell my temples from my toes
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Lord I’ve got too many pages left to turn
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To sit and wonder why that book won’t burn

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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So here I stand, right before you; Waiting for my turn to tow the line
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Don’t let me die in California; While I’m dragging all these rivers in my mind
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Cause I’ve found a love that shines into my core
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And I don’t feel the need to prove myself no more
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And when I look into the mirror, now I see
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A man I never knew that I could be