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Rule Of The Game

by Henry True

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1.
Been at this job too long it brings me down i got a friend who never comes around I wake up lately in the dead of night looking for the angel on my right I'm goin somewhere they don't know my name I got a lot to prove and nothing to bring So I'm leaving early to catch a one way flight with my backpack and the angel on my right Tonight I'll go outside one more time Visit all the places I will leave behind Will I miss you baby, well I might Now it's me and the angel on my right Now it's me and the angel on my right
2.
Underdressed and overdone My hair is long my face is drawn Just like the painted portraits you make Sippin' from my coke and rum I make my way to your apartment Up the spiral stairs to my fate I guess you could call it the rule of the game I guess you could call it the rule of the game It's okay to be a little paranoid and non-committal Seems like many people feel that way But can I sit down on your hard bed Talk about just how our hearts met In a bond that never can break I guess you could call it the rule of the game I guess you could call it the rule of the game Someday we'll have our own apartment Kitchen sink and basil garden Kiss you in the morning and say You've been sleeping like a stone You will never dream alone All you've got to do is just stay I guess you could call it the rule of the game I guess you could call it the rule of the game
3.
Baby's Eyes 07:18
I know the way, the way it goes I get a good thing, a good thing's gotta go Into the void between above and below If this is a boat it's surely sinking With my head tied to the mast Eyes on the horizon as it curves round again Now I know it's too late to make amends There was a place, a place in time I had a vision, a vision in my mind That I could taste like a ginger clementine If this is a boat it's surely sinking With my head tied to the mast Eyes on the horizon as it curves round again Now I know it's too late to make amends Golden twilight takin me away The drummers play halftime The piper must be paid I sink to my toes the water crawls over me slowly I can remember how you used to say You can come by at quarter to three You can make me do anything I don't want to but till I'll try to find the love in my baby tonight Find the love in my baby tonight Find the love in my baby tonight Find the love in my baby tonight Can't get what you need so you take more of mine You can call me up any old time If I'm fucked up I'll pick up your line You can have me the way that you like If it lets me see love in my baby's eyes You can have me the way that you like You can have me the way that you like You can have me the way that you like Can't get what you need so you take more of mine I know the way, the way it goes I get a good thing, a good thing's gotta go Into the void between above and below If this is a boat it's surely sinking With my head tied to the mast Eyes on the horizon as it curves round again Now I know it's too late to make amends
4.
There was a time I thought that I could be someone to look upon and stand behind I drank the tea it made me dream until the day looked just the same as the night I'm a little older now alive and kicking still somehow alone within, alone without a fighting chance but I can dance and baby I want to love want to love want to love baby I want to love you baby I want to There was a time I thought of you in ways I thought I wanted to be perceived I couldn't see that you were me like branches bloom above the roots of the tree We're a little wiser now Rising for a closing bow Alone within, alone without A fighting chance but we can dance and baby I want to love want to love want to love baby I want to love you baby I want to Want to love you like a friend forgiven, no need to pretend I'm a coward, I'm a thief Don't waste your precious life on me There was a time I thought of us but now those day have gone to rust gone to seed We stood beneath the rotten wreath and made a tryst, the lonely kiss of our greed But we're both past that anyhow You made a prayer and took a vow alone within, alone without but still somehow baby I want to love want to love want to love baby I want to love you baby I want to Want to love you as a friend forgiven, no need to pretend I'm a coward, I'm a thief don't waste your precious life on me
5.
Stay if you're gonna stay I'm already gone Did what you wanted to Now my heart is moving on There is nothing I can do to keep myself from missing you but I'll try to live on the outside of love Do what you're gonna do I'm already yours Gave everything to you Got no liquor left to pour There is nothing I can do to keep myself from believing you when you say you see it my way I got a feeling that I can't deny I got a bottle in my hand I got this fear that you will go leave me all alone I'd understand Leave if you're gonna leave I already know The sorrow you gave to me Is the one you got at home There is nothing I can do to keep myself from loving you but I will die before I let you get inside my mind I got a feeling that I can't deny I got a bottle in my hand I got this fear that you will go Leave me all alone I'd understand I'd understand I'd understand

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released September 21, 2023

Recorded in Chicago, IL fall 2023

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