Amateur Hopscotch League - Play Me a Song Lyrics

My grandmother has outlived her only daughter
And I pray that his kids don't end up like their father
It's a cold night and there's second-hand smoke in my eyes
I don't think she will, but God, I hope she takes me by surprise
I'll put on my only nice dress
You'll put on your only nice clothes
Together we'll write the next great American novel
And you'll ignore the glass in my bones
Play me a song, one you loved when you were young
And if your world falls apart, I swear I'll never get the words wrong
I'll write you a song about how it's been far too long
Since I let myself live, let myself forgive it all
I wanna blame it all on childhood
The battlefield I left behind
And I don't want you to know how badly I've been bruised
And the way I've made an enemy of time
And I'm sorry if you noticed that I can't look you in the eye
It's just that I am at an altar in the back of my mind
And I'm tongue-tied
Play me a song, one you loved when you were young
And if your world falls apart, I swear I'll never get the words wrong
I'll write you a song about how it's been far too long
Since I let myself live, let myself forgive it all
And I've been here too many times before
And I've died here and my body kept the score
And this road had my name before I was even born
And this road was made as a casualty of war
Play me a song, one you loved when you were young
And if your world falls apart, I swear I'll never get the words wrong
I'll write you a song about how it's been far too long
Since I let myself live, let myself forgive it all