Like They Used To

from Where Would You Rather Be? by The Morning Shift

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Well the boy's coming home from school at four,
and I'm coming home to you once more.
Though we fell out of love, years ago,
the mortgage is too high to leave.

And so the kid looks up at what he thinks is love,
a faded smile beamed down from above.
He may never know what's going on below,
but the bairn needs feeding, you know?

And your curls don't fall, quite like they used to.
Your eyes they don't shine in mine like they used to.
I fell in love long ago.
But now it's gone
and I hate you now.

We've got a good ten years before we're free,
no chance for parole from the chains that keep me
tied to you, to the boy, to the car,
to the gas bills and water rates and so much more.
There's a bottle at home and I'll drink it in one,
it takes the sting away.
Maybe you'll be pretty again.

'Cause your curls don't fall, quite like they used to.
Your eyes they don't shine in mine like they used to.
I fell in love long ago.
But now it's gone
and I hate you now.

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from Where Would You Rather Be?, released July 31, 2020

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The Morning Shift London, UK

The Morning Shift are a SE London based indie-something seven-piece, who blend their influences of Belle and Sebastian, Nick Cave and The Beatles into a circus of sound that mixes the jangly guitars of late 90s indie music with the deep, warm soundscapes of Bad Seed-esque art rock. The band’s lyrics discuss life, love and loss, reveling in the melancholy and the everyday beauty of the mundane. ... more

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