Tom McRae

Got A Suitcase, Got Regrets

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Change the locks on the door
Put out the light in the hall
I do not live anymore

Put the world in a box
Turn the sign to the street
Aim for where the horizon and blue skies meet

But all I know is
I'm not ready yet
For the light to dim
Got a suitcase, got regrets
But I'm hopeful yet

I've been a gifted thief
Stole everything for the cause
But I never had fingers as light as yours

So wake up pretty girl
See the hope in small things
Disappointment can wear you thin

But all I know is
I'm not ready yet
For the light to dim
Got a suitcase, got regrets
But I'm hopeful yet
So I'll raise this glass of wine
And I'll say your name

So let's be killers, babe
Make the great escape
From all the bitter words
From every crowded street and empty bar
It's Christmas Day
Brooklyn in the rain
But I am safe inside in a better world of hope and memory
Drunk on velvet wine
Deal your cards and hope that I can play a better hand this time

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xdvr On Feb 19, 2007

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2007-02-19 11:36:20

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by Emj

19y ago

Great great song, especially the ending, wich reminds me that you forgot include a whole line of the lyrics between "drunk on velvet wine" and "deal your cards and hope that I ...". Thats not good. Noooo no no no no. Oh, you wonder what that line's like? Well, I'll sing it to you: "Drunk on velvet wine/SOUTHERN CROSS FOR LIGHT/deal the cards an hope that I can play a better hand this time." Oh, first add, by the way!

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by Emj

19y ago

AND!!!!! It's not "...every crowded street and empty bar". I'm very certain it is "...every crowded street and empty HEART." Or "HALL?" I don't know, but it's not BAR, though. I think.

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by soundless_space

18y ago

"See the hope in small things Disappointment can wear you thin"

Goddamn this is so applicable at the moment. Anyway, great song I think it's about going somewhere, getting somewhere in life but first deciding you're not totally giving up on where you are now.

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