leaves are scattered on the boardwalk
I fill my lungs up with the cool air and the spray
and all the sleepless nights that grew from summer’s branches
I can feel them falling, autumn’s blowing them away, and
I am ready for better days
I am ready for better days
I am ready
I am ready
for better days
I think I’m ready to get my troubles gone
bury the hatchets I’ve held for way too long
a cardboard coffin sinking in the waves
a white-capped headstone for every rusty blade, oh
I am ready for better days
I am ready for better days
I am ready
I am ready
for better days
and if this autumn keeps its promise
oh, if this shoreline can keep me from the sea
there is nothing more I need to last the winter
solid as a maple stripped bare of all its leaves
I am ready for better days
I am ready for better days
I am ready
I am ready
for better days...
credits
from Ghosts in the Pipes,
released January 3, 2016
Jeff Giles: vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion
Brian Macmillan: bass
Corrina Keeling: vocals
Andy Magoffin: percussion sample programming
produced by Jeff Giles
engineered by Teun Schut, Brian MacMillan & Andy Magoffin
mixed & mastered by Andy Magoffin
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