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Better Left Unsaid

from 33 Songs for 33 People by Henrietta Toughlove

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Noir-adjacent.

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It's cold up on the rooftop waiting for the sun to show her head,
but when it does I'll know that yesterday is really truly dead--

and then I'll come find you and we'll dance, oh how we'll dance,
in the middle of the street in the rain I don't care I don't care I don't care--

The city sleeps like a dog, one ear open, breathing slow,
and somewhere a policeman's waiting for me to tell him what I know--

and then I'll come find you and we'll dance, oh how we'll dance,
in the middle of the street in the rain I don't care I don't care I don't care--

no time
no time
no time to tell you what?

That I wish I hadn't run
when the shit really got tough?

But I'm not sorry,
I don't feel bad,
and I don't want to talk
about all the good times we had.

some things are better left unsaid
sometimes words are better off
locked up tight inside your head

some things are better left unsaid
some words can freeze your tongue,
and some can make the whole world red--

I can hear the feet on the stairs, the fire door banging on brick
and someone is shouting, but I'm tired of thinking quick--

I should just take the fifth, do Buck Rogers time, say my prayers;
would you be waiting for me? I don't care, I don't care I don't care--

Or I could just tell the truth, I'd come visit you inside
even hold your hand while you go on the stainless steel ride

damn, we sure did dance, all the faces turned to stare,
now I'm dancing on my own, over the ledge, out into the air—-

no time
no time
no time to tell you what?

That I wish I hadn't run
when the shit really got tough?

But I'm not sorry,
I don't feel bad,
and I don't want to talk
about all the good times we had.

some things are better left unsaid
sometimes words are better off
locked up tight inside your head

some things are better left unsaid
some words can freeze your tongue,
and some can make the whole world red--

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from 33 Songs for 33 People, released December 29, 2020
Arrangement: Henrietta Toughlove. Performance: Rob G., Ashley P., Marc P.

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We make pop music that is messy, prickly, weirdly mixed, and free for anyone that wants it.

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