Stay Around

from The Wayward Times by Overman

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Lately it's been a struggle 
Just to say your name 
Without getting excited 
My friends think I'm strange  

I'm just an orphan in trouble 
When I get my kicks 
I keep hoeing the same dirt 
But nothing ever sticks  

It's a long road to travel 
All by yourself 
But it's like walking on water 
When you're with someone else  

Stay around 
And lay me down 
I'll be there when the morning 
Comes around 
I been keeping all my secrets 
With the ground  

Lately it's such a hassle 
Just to see your face 
Without breaking my big plans 
You’re testing all my self-restraint  

I've never known me no trouble 
I been an honest man 
Until I told Michael Sumrak that
 I never held your hand  

I drove straight to the station 
To turn myself in 
For running all those red lights 
And driving drunk on you again  

So stay around 
And lay me down
 I'll be there when the morning 
Rolls around
 I'm keeping all my secrets
 With you now  

She don't even mind all my singing 
She tell me when the line don't fit 
She sounds better than me on a country harmony 
I'll be the first to admit  

Our fire burns the bridge at Paloma 
My Spanish boots are breathing steam 
Can’t you come on over this evening 
I need to show you how I mean  

I don't want a band-aide companion
 I don't want no two-night stand
 I just wanna be your discretely cheap
 But always working for your loving man  

Stay around 
And lay me down
 I'll be here when the morning 
Shakes the ground 
I even keep my dirty secret 
With you now  
I never was one for secrets 
Anyhow

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from The Wayward Times, released January 1, 2014

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