tried to take it in a different direction
said the wrong thing and it sent me back
feeling rushed and insecure
like a rock when you asked for a glass
that’s not what you meant
how’d you learn it?
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
head back to the car why don’t you
I’ll make the call so everyone knows
and you’ll hear second accounts of a future
a promise, you stole away the bow
but that’s a lie
and you can forgive it
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
yeah it’s messy, grow up your heart
do you think you did right from the start?
collect the lawn chair debris from my yard and paint
my doorway the color of a birthday card
happy birthday to you
that’s not what I meant
how you’d learn it?
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021