Music and lyrics by J Stephen Roberts

 

I used to wake before the sunrise

But these days I seem to let the time just slide by

But that's time

And everyday is filled up to spilling the brim

But abruptly I thought of you

No gain in dread

You rest your head

 

I used to know my older sister

But I think when someone leaves you've just got memories

And you know

How somebody old always says to take it all slow

Well too bad that we kids never learn

Someone once said

You rest your head

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And that's why today I'm stopping to walk out in the rain

The yellow grass like light across the plain

And I'm just kind of thinking of when

We'd walk here all around

Way back when you still lived in the south

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I hear the birds until the morning

Sometimes there are things that keep me from sleeping

Like when it's late in the night

Then I hear a car pulling up

I get up and notice it's  you

Go back to bed

I rest my head

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