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It Was Once Lamentable

from Curtains by Paris Street

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A long, impromptu road trip for the sake of making someone feel better.

Fun fact: Revere Beach is located outside of Boston.

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Eighteen hours spent on the road
The sun rose just past Buffalo
We were barely awake but determined to remain undaunted

That afternoon at Revere Beach
With gulls, sand, and unknown debris
It was cold, it was grey, but it was exactly what you had wanted

You'd never seen the Atlantic before, so I showed it to you
And under the circumstance, this was the best I could do

It was the worst week of your life
There was nothing that had gone right
And there's no sadder thing in this world than the sight of you crying

An aimless drive around the town
It had helped before when you'd been down
You had stated that you wished you could spend all of the time driving

But when you said you'd be happiest if you were by the sea
There was no other option but to head east on 90

Let's focus on the beautiful
All that was once lamentable
Cannot reach you from here - it can wait, or just fade away, can't it?

A hint of smile - it was a start
Still it managed to reach as far
As this beach, as the bay, as the gulf, and out towards the Atlantic

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from Curtains, released March 5, 2013
Written by Carl Polgar.
Performed by Carl Polgar on a keyboard.
Recorded at some point in 2007 at a duplex in the Sylvan Park neighborhood of Nashville.

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