Ferron - Ain't Life A Brook lyrics

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I watch you reading a book<br />

I get to thinking our love's a polished stone<br />

You give me a long drawn look<br />

I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home<br />

And of course I mind,<br />

Especially when I'm thinking from my heart<br />

But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track<br />

It comes together and it comes apart.<br />

You say you hope I'm not the kind<br />

To make you feel obliged<br />

To go ticking through your time<br />

With a pained look in your eyes<br />

You give me the furniture, we'll divide the photographs<br />

Go out to dinner one more time<br />

Have ourselves a bottle of wine<br />

And a couple of laughs<br />

And when first you left<br />

I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep<br />

I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine<br />

And something that I could keep<br />

Now I realize that time is not the only compromise<br />

But a bird in the hand could be an all night stand<br />

Between a blazing fire and a pocket of skies<br />

So I hope I'm not the kind<br />

To make you feel obliged<br />

To go ticking through your time<br />

With a pained look in your eyes<br />

I covered the furniture, I framed the photographs<br />

Went out to dinner one more time<br />

Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs<br />

And just the other day<br />

I got your letter in the mail<br />

I'm happy for you, it's been so long<br />

You've been wanting a cabin and a backwoods trail<br />

And I think that's great...me...<br />

I seem to find myself in school<br />

It's all Ok, I just want to say<br />

I'm so relieved we didn't do it cruel<br />

But ain't life a brook<br />

Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone<br />

I give me along drawn look<br />

It's kind of a drag to find yourself alone<br />

And sometimes I mind<br />

Especially when I'm waiting on your heart<br />

But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track<br />

It comes together and it comes apart.<br />

Cause I know you're not the kind<br />

To make me feel obliged<br />

To go ticking through my time with a pained look<br />

In my eyes<br />

I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs<br />

Went out to dinner one more time<br />

Skipped the bottle of wine<br />

Had a couple of laughs<br />

And wasn't it fine....