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lyrics

When greenest shades of grass have turned to gold
Jamie took his bat and ball
and he went home to Colorado
The lights are red and blue,
they flood this house with broken promises
Empty hearts keep searching
for alcohol on New Year's Eve
Oh what a year that it has been
seventeen, they crowd my shoulders
Everyone is growing older,
Oh what a man I could have been
Leave me be,
it's been a long year
and everyone keeps asking questions
I just wanna shut my eyes
and forget all these expectations

But that'll never work

We searched for inspiration in a kiss
But all we found was cotton mouth
on our disappointed lips
and we kept it to ourselves
and we lay on vivid memories
I'm not what he was
and you're trying to get used to me, but

That'll never work

The gold turned back to green
We talked for hours about what we've seen
the world was ours at seventeen
and for tonight, this song is happy
So I took my bat and ball
and drew a foul line to the garden
and we ran around the bases
till we were back where we had started

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from Young Lincoln EP, released January 27, 2015

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Guitar- Andy King
Drums- Joe Murphy
Guitar- Luke Jones
Bass- Logan Hinton

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