Officer Down

NQ Arbuckle

Officer down
Juliet Echo November
And the room falls apart but we'll pick it up
And put it back together
Wake me up early and get dressed
And take me to breakfast
And I don't even notice you coughing
Into my coffee

It's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
Beautiful storms dancing like
Vodka December
Like Vodka December

Drunk while you're asleep
I sneak around the bed like a burglar
And you don't even notice when
I knock over your glass of water
It's hard to be a good man listening
To the Drive-By Truckers
But you're so good to me it's weird
I think I'm happy
It's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
Beautiful storms dancing like
Vodka December
Like Vodka December

Pick me up from work
Juliet Echo November
How was your day, I'm ok
What do you want for dinner
Tired and kinda of crazy
What would you name the baby
But for everything we've got
And you mean everything to me
It's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
Beautiful storms dancing like
Vodka December
Like vodka December
Like vodka December
Like vodka December


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    Like vodka December? or Like Bach in December

    Nemiskamon December 27, 2009   Link

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