Used To Say

from Defend Your Illusion by Jackson Cavalier & The Big Dead Waltz

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You used to say you had to go on just what you knew
You used to say you had a notion that I'd soon be leaving you
Well I heard every word you spoke but I could never read your mind
How could I read your thoughts like that while you were creeping up from behind

Well mama turn your thoughts around things will be better I swear it's true
I may not be your lover no longer but I know just what you'll do

What do you want from me baby, what could I possibly give to you?
Is there something you'd like to see my thoughts are hiding in plain view
If you simply just cannot believe I'd stick my neck out for the likes of you
Then there's not much left to say nothing I could do to convince you

That mama my thoughts are spinning round and I know not what to do
Once was your lover but now I'm absolutely nothing to you
Come down from your golden tower for you know I need a friend
One that I've had one time before and I will never see again

What card do you got up your sleeve is it temperance is it death
And when will you show it to me and reveal my true end
If there is a single thing a single stone you left unturned
Nows time to see the other side or leave those feelings in the dirt

Well mama turn your thoughts around things will be better yes it's true
We may not be lovers no longer but you know just what I'll do

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from Defend Your Illusion, released February 4, 2022

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