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The Only Girl Who Would Ever Break My Heart

from The City of Gold and Lead by The Sound of The Ladies

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When I first reached New York City and got the terrible news
At Port Authority I did not know what to do
So I got a Greyhound to New Jersey, as exotic as that sounds
And asked if I could make love to you inside a stranger's house

It's not as if I got turned on by the thought that you might cry
But back then, that was my answer to everything, that's why

And when I think about what happened it still leaves a nasty taste
She was just a girl, tambourine around her waist
You said "Our bodies are a mystery to us"
But you didn't even know where your beauty was

Would I have told you if I'd known from the start
That you would be the only girl who would ever break my heart

And I think about Wynona - on the telly, in the movies
She was just a girl when I was just a boy
And when I first saw Heathers, it was like I had a second cousin
Or a second sister, because I already have one

I knew that things were not ok, but I was not alone
Like when I first saw Slacker by Richard Linklater
On a small TV at home

So I saw that you got married
Had a family and caught malaria
From a mutual friend, and thanks to the power of the internet
Because we are getting older and life takes things away
If we let it, well this time
I think about Wynona
She was just a girl when I was just a boy

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from The City of Gold and Lead, released November 23, 2012

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The Sound of The Ladies are the indie-schmindie alt. folk stylings of Martin Austwick, except live where it's him plus a bunch of cool musicians. He likes Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, and some other bands and solo musicians.

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