Knows No Hope

from The Compass & The Vessel by Stay Golden

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You don't call, you don't write
all alone in bed tonight
I've got cares, couldn't care less
of all the suitors that you confess

I have a dollar each gentleman caller
that's knocking on your door tonight
knows no better, it's okay girl,
bite down on your lip. It'll be alright

Stumbling through the streets at 2am from the bar
I've never felt so alone
I tripped and never fell so far
You'll never be more than a girl with good eyes and bad conversation

Chicago, where we find ourselves out alone
wasteful youth and wasted nights,
I'd never call this place my own
where you don't know the sound of your own voice
well I'm an ignorant boy, and you're just the second to last choice

Take it easy, don't make this sleazy
taking a good thing. Turning it bad.
I certainly meant to be more deceptive,
but I guess this is all I have.

My palms are sweating with anticipation
of watching you fall on black ice
that I laid out for you to be on the roads tonight

Stumbling through the streets at 2am from the bar
I've never felt so alone
I tripped and gained a trophy scar.
You'll never be more than a girl with good eyes and bad conversation

Chicago, where we find ourselves out alone
wasteful youth and wasted nights,
I'd never call this place my own
where you don't know the sound of your own voice
well I'm an ignorant boy, and you're just the second to last choice

I'm stumbling through the streets of a city
I feel I'll never know, I know no hope (2x)

Chicago, where we find ourselves out alone
wasteful youth and wasted nights,
I'll always call this place my own
where you don't know the sound of your own voice
well I'm an ignorant boy, and you're still the second to last choice.

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from The Compass & The Vessel, released December 24, 2012

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