The Hold Steady - Lord, I m Discouraged

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　　Lord, I'm discouraged

　　The circles have sucked in her eyes

　　Lord, I'm discouraged

　　Her new friends have shadowed her life

　　Lord, I'm discouraged

　　She ain't come out dancing for some time

　　And I'm trying to light candles

　　But they burn down to nothing

　　And she keeps coming up with

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　There's a house on the south side

　　Where she stays in for days at a time

　　I know I'm no angel

　　I ain't been bad that way

　　Can't you hear her?

　　She's that sweet missing songbird

　　When the choir sings on Sundays

　　And I'm almost busted

　　But I bought back the jewellery she sold

　　And I come to your altar

　　And then there's just nothing

　　And she keeps insisting

　　The sutures and bruises are none of my business

　　She says that she's sick

　　But she won't get specific

　　The sutures and bruises are none of my business

　　This guy from the north side

　　Comes down to visits

　　His visits, they only take five or six minutes

　　Lord, I'm sorry to question your wisdom

　　But my faith has been wavering

　　Won't you show me a sign,

　　And let me know that you're listening?

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine

　　I know it's unlikely she'll ever be mine

　　So I mostly just pray she don't die