Too Big a Fire

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lyrics

At 3 in the morning in the one car on the roads
The street lines mean nothing nothing at all
Choose either side sit back take your time
Smirk as I’m steering from side to side

I take time to be sure I’m alive
Outside of my normal frame of mind

Deep water alone walk the woods
Or train tracks or on the roof
Build too big a fire then stand just a bit too close,
Eyes shut palms up be
First to take the dive through the break at night
Swimming in & out the other side

Dark early morning, shirtless in the yard
The dog plays in snowfall no cares at all
Under foggy breath I smiled shrugged & said
Endorphins are funny some of the time

I take time to be sure I’m alive
Outside of my normal frame of mind

Deep water alone walk the woods
Or train tracks or on the roof
Build too big a fire then stand just a bit too close
Eyes shut palms up be
First to take the dive through the break at night
Swimming in & out the other side (and out the other side)

Pull back the curtain, step out to the edge
Change what you’re thinking to what you said
Don’t waste the time before that fire dies
Well, I sure can’t sing but at least I tried

Take the time to be sure I’m alive
Outside of my normal frame of mind

Deep water alone walk the woods
Or train tracks or on the roof
Build too big a fire then stand just a bit too close
Eyes shut palms up be
First to take the dive through the break at night
Swimming in & out the other side

Deep water alone walk the woods
Or train tracks or on the roof
Build too big a fire then stand just a bit too close
palms up
Be first to take the dive through the break at night
Swimming in & out the other side (and out the other side)

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from Uh Huh Yeah Okay, released September 19, 2022
Written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jarrod Pedone

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I'm Jarrod, writer of 4 minute songs, most of which are based on The Twilight Zone.

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