Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires

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[Verse 1]
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It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in
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Or the light coming off of your skin
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The fragile heart you protected for so long
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Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
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It's not your hands searching slow in the dark
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Or your nails leaving love's watermark
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It's not the way you talk me off the roof
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Your questions like directions to the truth


[Chorus]
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It's knowing that this can't go on forever
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Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
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Maybe we'll get forty years together
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But one day I'll be gone
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Or one day you'll be gone


[Verse 2]
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If we were vampires and death was a joke
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We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
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Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
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I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
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Maybe time running out is a gift
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I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
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And give you every second I can find
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And hope it isn't me who's left behind


[Chorus]
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It's knowing that this can't go on forever
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Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
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Maybe we'll get forty years together
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But one day I'll be gone
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Or one day you'll be gone


[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
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It's knowing that this can't go on forever
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Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
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Maybe we'll get forty years together
    C                Bb
But one day I'll be gone
   Bb                F    C
Or one day you'll be gone


[Outro]
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