Forever Afters

from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp by Ryan McGillicuddy

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At nine o’clock sharp he turns out the lights
For the five thousandth time in a row
And drifts off to wherever he goes
While she lies in the dark, eyes pried apart
Scratching an itch in her heart
Old dreams fly cross the ceiling like ghosts

If he found the words he’d sing like a bird
Bind her soul back to his once again
But words don’t come easy to him
And if she found the time between routine and crying
For a young girl’s forsaken plan
She’d notice a pretty good man

Years broke asunder
White dresses dance overhead
Fairy tales don’t tell you nothing
It’s alright it ain’t bad, tragic or mean
It just ain’t what she thought it would be

In the space that they occupy, children they crawled and cried
Grew wings and walked out the door
And sent back Mother’s Day cards
Now somewhere out there living without a care
Babies exist on their own
And the silence it bleeds from the walls

Years broke asunder
White dresses dance overhead
Fairy tales don’t tell you nothing
It’s alright it ain’t bad, tragic or mean
It just ain’t what she thought it would be

Gold rings and lace, castles and forever afters
Replaced by the world
And the way that it so quickly turns
But sometimes from the ashes errant I love you’s
Escape from their old distant eyes
And it just keeps the embers alive
And it burns, and it burns, and it burns

It’s alright it ain’t bad, tragic or mean
It just ain’t what she thought it would be

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from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp, released September 13, 2012
Ryan McGillicuddy: Guitar, Vocals
Michael McLeod: Guitar

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