Should really stop
There's grit in my shoe
But I keep going
Stops me thinking of you
That smile in your eyes
And the way that you talk
The flow of your hair
When you walk
I'm speckled like a thrush
From the spray and the dirt
Kicked up by traffic
Through to my shirt
I croak like a raven
But I can't come through
With the words
I wrote for you
I hear myself speaking
I wish I was dead
Far too many things
I should have said
To you instead
To you
That I suspect you were expecting me to
Think I've walked it off
Best I return
It's all gone countryside
Feeling my legs burn
Through yellow farm fields
And over old sunken roads
Zip up my jacket
And keep out the cold
I hear myself speaking
I wish I was dead
Far too many things
I should have said
To you instead
To you
That I suspect you were expecting me to
I hear myself speaking
I wish I was dead
Far too many things
I should have said
To you instead
To you
That I suspect you were expecting me to
Should really stop
There's grit in my shoe
credits
from Severn,
released August 20, 2021
Words and music Michael Davies and Paul Ivor Jones
Acoustic guitar and vocals: Mike Davies
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