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Week 45a - Looking Back (201102)

from Song A Week, Volume 5 by James Tristan Redding

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The deadbolt on that door was made for you
It waited 20 years for that afternoon
And I should have seen it coming there weren't no other way
Looking back I guess I knew you couldn't stay

The answering machine was made for me
Made for all those nights I couldn't let it be
You told me I'd think different if I knew where you had been
Looking back you always knew how it would end

Looking back it's all crystal clear of course
All the mysteries I recall in reverse
I can try to make some sense of the events but it's a fact
That I only understand it looking back

The month of June was made for you and I
It was perfect 'til the days all passed us by
And you gave me what I needed up until you had to go
Looking back I feel like now at least I know

Looking back it's all crystal clear of course
All the mysteries I recall in reverse
I can try to make some sense of the events but it's a fact
That I only understand it looking back

I would do it all so different if I'd think before I act
But I only understand it looking back

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from Song A Week, Volume 5, released February 12, 2021

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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).

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