Paper Wrappers
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar
they’re lonely, the curled ones
paper wrappers at the edge of dawn
you’re smoky, like a foggy mirror
I try to see you but you won’t get clear
yeah, yeah, yeah, nobody home
yeah, yeah, yeah, all alone
I wanna be the shadow, dreamin on your pillow
I’d tag along—singing
a song for you, singing
a song
I’m a sad girl, don’t wanna cry
started knowin now I wonder why
I can’t find words for how I feel
like a lost toy with a broken wheel
yeah, yeah, yeah, nobody home
yeah, yeah, yeah, all alone
it wouldn’t bug me if you would up and hug me
let me tag along—singing “
a song for you, singing
a song
a worn out boot got a sorry sole
road’s comin up through the empty hole
I fall in love when I don’t expect
a superhero couldn’t stop the wreck
yeah, yeah, yeah, nobody home
yeah, yeah, yeah, all alone
this is the part where I get a broken heart
let me tag along—singing
a song for you, singing
a song
everywhere, everywhere, everywhere you go I go
everywhere, everywhere, everywhere you go I go
everywhere, everywhere, everywhere you go I go
everywhere, everywhere, everywhere you go I go
an orphan with no bunny bear
everybody got a honey and I wonder where
mine is, how I ended up
I got a heart like an empty cup
yeah, yeah, yeah, nobody home
yeah, yeah, yeah, all alone
I got a smile for you—you ain’t got a clue
let me tag along—singing
a song for you, singing
a song for you, singing
a song for you
singing this song
credits
from The Storm in Our Head,
released March 23, 2012
Kathleen Dunbar/vocals, Gawain Mathews/guitars, mellotron, piano, Dan Feiszli/standup bass, Rich Armstrong/trumpet, Mary Pitchford/fiddle
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