Name: Reasons Why We Leave
Duration: P00H04M34S
Description: Recorded in the Fossmo's living room/kitchen on a sunny day.

Reasons Why We Leave

from The Selfish Years by the Loblolly Boy

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Recorded in the Fossmo's living room/kitchen on a sunny day.

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There ain’t a woman here that hold
Or keep me from telling my lies
There’s no embrace that could console or help
Forget about the little girl I left behind

Her mother’s screams of, “lease don’t leave.”
Where drowned out by the next room’s wailing babe.
I could not wear a face so convincing
When I found out that that girl wasn’t mine.

There are reasons why we leave
For decisions we later grieve
When you’re put to the test you’ll find
Another man will regret them
All these reasons why we leave

My best friend here is dressed for deceiving
I found that out when he hung all his lines
If you’d saw his face you’d know he’d disgraced me
Fixed there terrified hanging from the pines

I thought I’d left no evidence convincing
As I drove south down towards the borderline
But my family traits of ignorance and stupidity
Slipped me up right under the neon’s of Harold Clime.

There are reasons why we leave
For decisions we later grieve
When you’re put to the test you’ll find
Another man will regret them
All these reasons why we leave

Now that I’m here in the womb of the county
Chained down by this chain and ball of iron
I still don’t repent for the sins that hold me
Except for leaving my sweet girl behind

There are reasons why we leave
For decisions we later grieve
When you’re put to the test you’ll find
Another man will regret them
All these reasons why we leave

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from The Selfish Years, track released February 1, 2009
Luke Kalloch- Guitar/Vox
Krista Vossler- Keys
Leif Fossmo- Drums

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