As Cold As They Come

from Our Family by Mark McGuire

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Every night I lie awake
I'm not sleeping, as you know
got a lot of sheep to count
and I lost track long ago

Don't you hear that lonely ghost?
Not sleeping is all she knows
and she's always waiting patiently
in the shadows of our home

"I will listen for your song"
"I will listen for your name"
"Anyways, I'm sorry, son.."
That's all he had to say
Then walked away from them, alone
Never saw his son again

Parked along the road that stole
all those broken years from him
and he took one last look
and he pulled the trigger quick
Silenced all those lonely thoughts
that now lie buried there with him

And they know that it's wrong
It aint the way it's supposed to be
but that don't keep the hounds at bay
when your only life is breaking..

What I'm telling you is awful,
but what I say, it is so true..
and I can't help but wonder if
there is something more I could have tried to do

Now these nights go on and on..
and all my pain don't mean a thing to you
You're heartless
You're as cold as they come
How do you look now?
I would love to picture you
I can't recall the night I was leaving
Out there sleeping in the cold
By her grave
With my head upon the stone
and my arms wide open
as above, so below

But you don't see outside your lies
You don't know these things you do
I already seen you leaving
First train out of town
and though this road is dark and lonely
if you've got love, you'll make it through
This is the part we all fear most
But don't you worry, don't you cry
If you've got love, you'll make it through
This night is long and lonely
Only Love will make it through
Don't you worry, Don't you cry
If you've got love, you'll make it through
This life is quite a journey
Only love will make it through
Only love
Only love
Only love

But you can't undo all the hurt
for the best things in this life
without first losing the feeling
of conquering that night
Only love will make it through
Only love will make it through

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from Our Family, released March 5, 2021

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