Still Be Mine

from Ghost on the Car Radio by Slaid Cleaves

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Still Be Mine
by Slaid Cleaves / Graham Weber

Lately I've been chasin' down a reason
To prove that we're not foolish for believin'
A lightning strike could charge a weary heart back to life
But it's forty nights and there's still no sign of rain

Have all the silver linings flashed before you
To fade into the clouds and then ignore you?
I've seen 'em too, they always blocked the better part of my view
But the truth is I'd see you through a hurricane

Baby we were gonna set the world on fire
Weren't ya dancing in the white floodlights?
Did you miss a step and turn around and wind up wet
In the corners of your desperate eyes?
Don't cry, you can still be mine

I can't think what else we should be doing
We work so hard still on the edge of ruin
The month is spent, rolling pennies to pay the rent
How much longer can we keep on holding on

Baby we were gonna set the world on fire . . .

I won't ask more questions
I'm old enough to know there is no remedy
Could I ask one favor:
Would you try to hold on to what's left of me?
Forget the rest of me, and all you thought I'd be

Baby we were gonna set the world on fire
Hold me closer 'cause I'm starting to slide
Could you bite my bottom lip and whisper something sweet
Always loved the way you looked when you lied
It's all right, don't you cry, you can still be mine

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from Ghost on the Car Radio, released June 18, 2017
drums: John Chipman
bass: Harmoni Kelley
electric guitars: Scrappy Jud Newcomb
piano: David Boyle

produced by Scrappy Jud Newcomb

recorded by David Boyle at Churchhouse, East Austin, Texas

mixed and mastered by Fred Remmert, Austin, Texas

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Slaid Cleaves Wimberley, Texas

Modern day traveling folk singer. He’s telling your story. Writes and records songs that strike people’s hearts and become a part of their lives.

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