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Words of Love

by Caitlin Washburn

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I've watched too many words of love leave my lips and drift off into space,
And everything I've tried to touch just falls apart or blows up in my face,
So I've learned to hide inside my rhyme,
And I'm hiding again, but I'm hoping this time
You'll choose to hear what I'm saying straight to you.

'Cause you're stronger than you look
And I'm weaker than I think
And we're both worn down from trying so hard for all those things that were never meant to be.
So I wish I could find the words to say
To make you stay and take it easy with me.

I wrote you another song back before I knew that you were you,
And I don't want to believe that the saddest lines are the only ones that prove true,
But I kind of feel like a fool right now,
'Cause every time I've been broken I've strengthened my vow
To never again try to say what I'm trying to say to you.

But you're stronger than you look
And I'm weaker than I think
And we're both worn down from trying so hard for all those things that were never meant to be.
So I wish I could find the words to say
To make you stay and take it easy with me.

Now if you just need a warm body to hold,
Move along, 'cause I've learned to stay a little bit cold
If I want this heart to survive until I get old.
And too hot a fire will burn you out,
And all those games people play leave them scattered about--
Shouldn't love be much simpler than all the fear and doubt?

And you're stronger than you look
And I'm weaker than I think
And we're both worn down from trying so hard for all those things that will never make us free.
So I wish I could find the words to say--
I guess I'm foolishly hoping these are the words to say--
To make you stay and take it easy with me.

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released August 11, 2017
written, performed, and produced by Caitlin Washburn
engineered and mixed by John Metcalf at Bongo John Studio, Morrisville, NC
art by Maura Hartzman

Thanks Brendan and Gabe for lending your ears and opinions.

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Caitlin Washburn Carrboro, North Carolina

Caitlin Washburn is a singer-songwriter in Carrboro, North Carolina. She has a Master's degree in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts from the University of St Andrews and a sixth degree of separation (or less) from you.

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