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the sky was the color of a burning house

from more stories from an ordinary orange by earl patrick

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it was saturday night and the lights were out
and you drove away from the old downtown
out towards the edge where the sun goes down
and the sky was the color of a burning house
and you said to her so is this love
and she said if it's not well then what is love
and you sat quiet in the lingering dusk
while the night came up just like it always does

and the radio pulled static from the wind
and she held your hand and said you were beautiful
and she said it again and again and again

and now you keep that memory buried in your heart
like something buried deep beneath the snow
you keep that memory buried in your heart
like you're the only one on earth who knows

on those summer days in catholic school
well, there she was sitting next to you
and you were there because they failed you
and she was there because she loved you
and outside in the sun she would hold your hand
with its knuckles bruised and its nails chewed down
and she would tell you how things would all work out
and look at you now how things have all worked out

and her hair was blowing sideways in the wind
and she held your hand and said you were beautiful
and she said it again and again and again

and now you keep that memory buried in your heart
like something buried deep beneath the snow
you keep that memory buried in your heart
like you're the only one on earth who knows

and now somedays you have good days
and other days you don't
but either way she finds a way
to always bring you home
and then those memories come trailing back
like static in the wind
and she holds your hand and smiles at you
and you fall in love again

and now you keep that memory buried in your heart
like something buried deep beneath the snow
you keep that memory buried in your heart
like you're the only one on earth who knows

it was saturday night and the lights were out
and you drove away from the old downtown
out towards the edge where the sun goes down
and the sky was the color of a house on fire

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from more stories from an ordinary orange, released July 11, 2011

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earl patrick Portland, Oregon

Songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist Earl Patrick has been quietly making independent records for over 20 years. For a sample of suggested listening: Four phases (classical piano) | I'll call you when i touch back down (bedroom pop) | songs from a blue room (indie rock - solo guitar & voice) ... more

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