What Was I Thinking?

from Verbal Tan by John Ralston

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I just wasn't feeling good
I felt like my my mind was blown
I couldn't get off the couch
Sinking in a twilight zone
Hey, what was I thinking when I tried it all alone?
Hey, what was I thinking living in a stranger's home?

Left the coast and I don't really know what's left to do.
Overboard, miss the shore, thunderstorms, and the fennec fox babies at the Dreher Park Zoo.

I was feeling dim and slow
My friend was on the telephone talking about Northern Soul - a record that I really should have known.
Hey, what was I thinking when I tried it all alone?
Hey, what was I thinking living in a stranger's home?

Left the coast and I don't really know what's left to do.
Overboard, miss the shore, thunderstorms, and the fennec fox babies at the Dreher Park Zoo.

Sometimes you gotta break your own heart
Take a chance / Make a new start
Sometimes you gotta break your own heart

Nothing is forever, no. Except for AM Country Radio...
Del is singing soft and low
I turn him up and let it roll.
Hey, what was I thinking when I tried it all alone?
Hey, what was I thinking living in a stranger's home?

Sometimes you gotta break your own heart
Take a chance / Make a new start
Sometimes you gotta break your own heart

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from Verbal Tan, released February 3, 2017

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