I Ain't Dumb

from In the Trough of the Wave by The Stars of Disaster

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When I’m not aware of you with all my senses
Everywhere I go feels like a foreign land
But I’d rather miss you than go on pretending
That I’m not just living to be your man

Thought I preferred being alone
And learned not to ask took much from life
Now I spend my time waiting by the phone
Hoping that you’ll save you’ll be my wife

Now I’m getting old and I’m too tried to play it cool
Like I ain’t waited my whole life for you to come
I know the way I act makes me seem like such a fool
But baby, baby, baby, I ain’t dumb

Sought out the cold ones, every sweet one turned me cruel
Consoling myself with the lie that life is just a drag
And when I met you, and I broke every rule
Threw my fear in the trash with the red flags

I was trying hard not to fall in love
But my heart just gave itself away
I won’t remember what I was so afraid of
When I call your name on my dying day

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from In the Trough of the Wave, released June 11, 2021
Anthony Schiappa: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars; bass
Reggie Duncan: pedal steel
Jeff Ryan: drums; percussion
Kevin Vespaziani: stand-up bass, Hammon B3

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