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how i wanted to miss you
obtuse and elliptical
when i last saw you
you were crying
how i wanted to kiss you
shot down and stripped through
when the bottom dropped out i was dying

and i'm not going down this way
not this path
lord please just one more day
i am not going down this way

torn jeans and hollow eyes
any presence to stem the tide
you were holding back
i was behind
wanted to love you that night
let you down, it was allright
though we see straight sometimes were blind

and i'm not going down this way
not this path
lord please just one more day
i am not going down this way

mast is splintered
sails are torn
any port in a lonely storm
wish you still came around
wind rising high tonight
not looking to take flight
but god, please don't let me hit the ground

and i'm not going down this way
not this path
lord please just one more day
i am not going down this way

and i'm not going down this way
not this path
lord please just one more day
i am not going down this way