Merritt

Verse 1:
Burden on your shoulders
Brother’s watching over
And he knows
He knows

The air is getting colder
Old body’s getting older
There’s nowhere else to go, no

Chorus:
Bare branches in the springtime
Somewhere on the Merritt bring to my mind
My lack of letterhead or robe of red

Verse 2:
The first day gets worse
More firsts, more stakes
Every plate is a new state
New homes, old breaks/brakes

Much more than brass on your backs
Jaded smiles, they all ask
Pulsing hands from all these pity handshakes

Chorus:
Bare branches in the springtime
Somewhere on the Merritt bring to my mind
My lack of letterhead or robe of red

Break:
(so long)
I’ll race through states and shades of blue
Not much left for me to lose

Outro:
The fault’s my own
I’ve read, I should have known
That’s how these things end
Don’t expect to see me again