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Tape Full of Love Songs

from The Waitress by Jonathan Byrd

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Morning broke like a bottle; it was 90 degrees
I had my hand out the window and the sheets between my knees
I called for Angelina, “Angelina, please,
Pour me a cup of coffee and bring me my keys.”

I didn’t get my keys and I didn’t get my Joe
I got a hard realization that came heavy and slow
She must have left in a hurry, ‘cause she left her stereo
With a tape full of love songs that she made two days ago

I know she loved me, though she left me high and dry
With a tape full of love songs to remember her by

I went down to the pawn shop with all that I could take
‘Cause half my rent was gone and the other half at stake
I sold her stereo, though it caused my heart to brake,
But I popped the tape and kept it, just for old time’s sake

I never listened to it; it just gave me the blues
So it rattled in the glove box, with a flashlight and a fuse
Until one day I saw Angelina on the news
She was busted stealing diamonds from a mall in Syracuse

I know she loved me, though she left me high and dry
With a tape full of love songs to remember her by

I couldn’t believe my eyes, no, I couldn’t believe my ears
Angelina was a crook, and I laughed myself to tears
I went down to the car and I leaned across the gears
I played that tape I’d never listened to, in all those years

Angelina’s voice came on real soft and slow
She said, “I’m in trouble, baby, and I really have to go
I want you to know I love you and I know you need the dough,
So I stashed a bunch of diamonds in the back of my stereo.”

I know she loved me, though she left me high and dry
With a tape full of love songs to remember her by- to remember her by.

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from The Waitress, released January 1, 2003

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Jonathan Byrd Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Preacher's kid, Gulf War veteran, award-winning songwriter, Youtuber, teacher, and creativity coach from North Carolina.

“One of the top 50 songwriters of the last 50 years. ” — Chicago Tribune

“...a folk singer with the heart of a rock 'n' roll band.” — K. Oliver, Free Times.
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