This Basement Paradise

from Hey Y'all, We're The Painful Reminders by Painful Reminders

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We’ll I’m sitting in this basement and I’m singing this to you
I could lie but I’ve got nowhere else to go
I’ve swept out all the dust with no blood, sweat or tears
Just me and these boxes of old clothes

Well your boots are made for walking and I’m scared that’s what they’ll do
That’s the reason I’m always hiding them from you
But you’ve got a hundred pair and to me that just ain’t fair
To a guy who’s never walked all over you

At night you cry all over your pillow
Pray to God, your soul to keep
And if I die before you forgive me
Maybe then you’ll get some sleep

Try to stand up for myself but my head just hit a board
This ceiling and my heart are both so low
I’d trade this basement paradise for your warm body under mine
If only you’d tell me that you know

At night you cry all over your pillow
Pray to God, your soul to keep
And if I die before you forgive me
Maybe then you’ll get some sleep

Have you not checked the mailbox? Because I’ve written all this down
So believe me, I’m staying right down here
Yeah maybe I’m a dog but I think I’m a pretty good one
Just every now and then come scratch my ear

At night you cry all over your pillow
Pray to God, your soul to keep
And if I die before you forgive me
Maybe then you’ll get some sleep

At night you cry all over your pillow
Pray to God, your soul to keep
And if I die before you forgive me
Maybe then
Maybe then
Yeah Maybe then you’d get some sleep

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from Hey Y'all, We're The Painful Reminders, released June 2, 2018
Written and sung by Bart Styes

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