Paul - Big Thief

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[Verse 1]
             
Oh, the last t

          
ime I saw Paul
        
I was horrible

             
 and almost le

      
t him in
             
But I stopped 

              
and caught the

 
 wall
        
And my mouth g

             
ot dry so all 

            
I did was take

           
 him for a spi

n

[Verse 2]
             
Yeah, we hoppe

            
d inside my ca

r
        
And I drove in

             
 circles 'roun

              
d the freight 

      
train yard
             
And he turned 

              
the headlights

 
 off
        
Then he pulled

            
 the bottle ou

t
            
Then he showed

             
 me what was l

ove

[Chorus]
             
I'll be your m

orning bright,

 goodnight sha

dow machine
             
I'll be your r

ecord player b

aby if you kno

w what I mean
             
I'll be your r

eal tough cook

ie with the wh

iskey breath
          
I'll be a kill

er and a thril

ler and the ca

use of our dea

th

[Verse 3]
             
In the blossom

        
 of the months
        
I was sure tha

             
t I'd get driv

            
en off with th

ought
             
So I swallowed

        
 all of it
        
As I realized 

             
there was no o

             
ne who could k

           
iss away my sh

it

[Chorus]
             
I'll be your m

orning bright,

 goodnight sha

dow machine
             
I'll be your r

ecord player b

aby if you kno

w what I mean
             
I'll be your r

eal tough cook

ie with the wh

iskey breath
          
I'll be a kill

er and a thril

ler and the ca

use of our dea

th

[Verse 4]
             
Paul, I know y

            
ou said that y

        
ou'd take me a

             
ny way I came 

   
or went
             
But I'll push 

            
you from my br

ain
            
See, you're ge


ntle baby
             
I couldn't sta

            
y, I'd only br

        
ing you pain

[Chorus]
           
I was your sta

rry-eyed lover

 and the one t

hat you saw
           
I was your hur

ricane rider a

nd the woman y

ou'd call
             
We were just t

wo moonshiners

 on the cusp o

f a breath
              
And I've been 

             
burning for yo

              
u baby since t

           
he minute I le

ft