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The Way It Affects Me

from Fistfight With Father Time by Ian McFeron

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I got a rose on my lapel
You got lace on your dress
Feeling thirsty for your wine-stained lips but
You’re looking at somebody else
Pulling you close now were dancing slow
Like a dream I start to slip away
“Honey don’t be so serious,” you said and I’m
Touching the ground again

Your words are like a blow to my glass jaw
That shatters my glass heart
I know it’s not the way that you mean to be
It’s just the way it affects me

Driving you home now I’m trying to hold
My tongue but the command is yours
Let it slip that every time I see you you’re more
Beautiful than before
But you’re staring out the window
And I heard you whisper under your breath
“If you talk like that all the time it really
Loses it’s affect”

Standing ‘neath your porch light
I’m so cold I’m feeling paralyzed
But I’m trying to appear unaffected and I’m
Trying to avoid your eyes
Body machines tangle lips and
Whisper softly their goodbyes
“Why do you look so sad?” she said
“God, you look just like somebody died”

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from Fistfight With Father Time, released March 24, 2006

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Ian McFeron Seattle, Washington

Ian McFeron’s writing has been compared to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Ryan Adams. Over the course of a decade-long independent music career, he has attracted media attention stretching across the Atlantic. He currently tours in support of his 7th album Time Will Take You, recorded in Nashville with members of Ryan Adams band The Cardinals as well as Patty Griffin and John Hiatt’s touring bands. ... more

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