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Week 44 - Seven Digits (10​-​31​-​17)

from Song A Week, Volume 2 by James Tristan Redding

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It might been the combo for a classic Master lock
Could have been the number of marbles in a jar
Or the winning ticket for a million dollar jackpot
Maybe just the address of a bar

I don’t have to tell you those numbers in your hand
Scribbled on a faded old receipt
Didn’t get you into heaven no if anything at all
They only brought you bittersweet defeat

So you can’t stop crying cursing at the moon
But you just keep trying to keep pushing through
Well it’s a long road back again from the other side
And you can’t remember when you last slept through the night
Tell me how did all this happen because I swear I can’t imagine
How did seven digits get the best of you

First of all you noticed her machine was always full
That was just the first of many signs
Second when your eyes met like a magnet you were pulled
And suddenly your heart had crossed a line

When you tried to make her happy tried to buy a bigger smile
It was working every day until the end
So she left you for another just like you he’ll last awhile
Oh but soon enough you’ll be his only friend

And he won’t stop crying cursing at the moon
No he’ll just keep trying to keep pushing through
Well it’s a long road back again from the other side
And he can’t remember when he last slept through the night
Tell me how did all this happen because I swear I can’t imagine
How did seven digits get the best of you

It’s enough to make you wonder will there ever be a man
Who can stop himself from falling at her feet
But for those who learned the hard way at least someone understands
How we loved that faded old receipt

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from Song A Week, Volume 2, released February 12, 2018
Words and music copyright 2017 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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