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The King of Burning Bridges

from Working With Your Hands by Trevor Clawson

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The King of Lost Connections

The town where you were born is probably doing fine without you
The sun comes up each morning, the trains still run on time
There's kids down in the park drinking warm beer after dark
Hey there's no one left around here that you'd even recognise

The places in your past are just dust and weed
A wilderness where nothing good will grow
All the battles that you've fought, all the battles that you've lost
Only serve as a reminder, there's no point in walking down old roads

And if helps you sleep at night, my brother that's OK
So tell yourself some little lies if they get you through the day
See you're king burning bridges
I get it, that's your thing
But when we start to talking reasons, why it has to be this way
Don't believe I'm buying what you say

The one that you let down most likely never thinks about you
And nothing hurts forever - that's something we all know
You think maybe sometime you should call and talk it through
But what's the sense in stirring up old ghosts

And if helps you sleep at night, my brother that's OK
So tell yourself some little lies if they get you through the day
See you're king burning bridges
I get it, that's your thing
But when we start to talking reasons, why it has to be this way
Don't believe I'm buying what you say

Hey my friend you always talked a good and righteous fight
You'd break out of this little world, a case of do or die
But somewhere down the line you just crash-landed on the street
And too proud to ask for help, you sank deeper into trouble
Until all you had was stubbornness and pride

It's an easy thing just to walk away
It's a harder thing to face up to yourself
And the hardest part is going home with nothing left
So you're better going somewhere, where there's nothing to explain

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from Working With Your Hands, released April 1, 2021
Written by Trevor Clawson

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Trevor Clawson is an Irish singer and songwriter, currently living and working in West Sussex. Described by Time Out as "One of the best songwriters around" he combines folk, blues and jazz guitar styles with narrative lyrics.

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