“i can’t wait for this year to be over” you hear like an echo
as you order a double again just to drown out the room
the same tired hosanna that everyone said from the get-go
as if somebody promised them time would take care of their wounds
god you wish that you hadn’t quit smoking,
god you wish that it wasn’t december
god you wish that you wouldn’t remember what you’re gonna regret
‘cause there’s some kinds of sorry
you already know that you’ll be in advance
i mean if you get half of a chance
that’s just how things are going to be
but the world is a wide place,
and my place is warm and the radio’s on
if you’re gonna be sorry
be sorry with me
now it’s three in the morning, the Q train is halfway to Brooklyn
and the guy in the opposite seat makes a half-hearted play
you were thinking of starting a fight about the way he’d been looking
Now you think if you went home with him you’d have somewhere to stay
and you wish that you weren’t getting sober
or you wish you weren’t such a pretender
or you wish that you wouldn’t remember what you’re gonna regret
‘cause there’s some kinds of sorry
you already know that you’ll be in advance
i mean if you get half of a chance
that’s just how things are going to be
but the world is a wide place,
and my place is warm and the radio’s on
if you’re gonna be sorry
be sorry with me
and there’s some kinds of lonely
you only learn how to breathe through
no one comes to relieve you
things are how they are going to be
but the world is a wide place,
and my place is warm and the radio’s on
if you’re gonna be lonely
be lonely with me
credits
from Like An Echo,
released April 16, 2022
released April 16, 2022
written by Emma Lloyd & Pamela Rose
vocals by Emma Lloyd
other instruments by Gawain Mathews
arrangement & production by Gawain Mathews
Durham, NC singer-songwriter Skylar Gudasz makes intimate Americana delivered with dry wit and stunningly precise vocal acumen. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 14, 2020