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Morro Bay

from Troubled Night by Jo Kroger

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lyrics

I've been driving since Sacramento
I just passed Monterey
Stopped at every lookout along the coast of Big Sur on my way back to Morro Bay

The telephone ring was the last sound I heard
Half an hour of unspoken word
You went from a mute to a man who feigns clever
Both just a shell left to hold
But without a heart beating and skin under covers, that body won't keep out the cold

Oh, hold me so tender
Oh, hold me so near
The distance that broke this was never the 3000 miles...
It's how far you are when we're sitting right here

The apple peels that slipped through my fingers were snatched up by the dog on cocaine
Sometimes the joke is the joke isn't funny, sometimes the joke isn't here
Sometimes the punch lines all start to sound the same

So oh, hold me so tender
Oh hold me so near
The distance that broke this was never the 3000 miles
It's how far you are when we're sitting right here.

Now we're standing on a chess board just north of Obispo
And I've got a camera and you've got a crown
And you castle so we're standing together
But the king and the queen pull a one-two punch and I'm down

I can't sleep without you singing
I can't lay my head to rest
The pictures from letters are falling like feathers
And I know we did our best.

So oh, hold me so
Oh hold me so dear
The distance that broke this was never the miles

I've been driving since Sacramento
I just passed Monterey
Stopped at every lookout along the coast of Big Sur on my way back to Morro Bay

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from Troubled Night, released September 19, 2013

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