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I Would Sell My Lungs

by Chris Strand

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The new single from Chris Strand's record Settle Down. The full album will be released March 6th at the Spiderhouse Ballroom.

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The way she shuffled her feet
as the snow drifted down in sheets
makes me long for a chill in the air

How her lips caught the light
as she sipped a glass of wine
makes me drink as if she is there

If she would have told me then,
God's a myth and love is dead
I would have sworn she was right
But as I feel myself grow old
and my muscles sink into bone
I would sell my lungs just to hear her lie

The way she held her head
to say more than she said
It lingers like a coffee stain on a page

How her fingers felt my palm
as she traced fate and fault
makes me wish these hands could change

If she would have told me then,
"Darling, youth's a passing wind."
I would have laughed through the night,
but as I see chips fall from stone
and I know only the lucky one's grow old
I would sell my lungs just to hear her lie

Though memory isn't honest
though it loves to be cruel
I still write these fucking songs
to recall all you can lose
and all you can gain
when a girl says your name
and you let her cut you down with a glance
and you know life could be different
if you just gave her the chance.

The way she sang to the radio
to songs I didn't want to know
makes me scan for her voice on the air

How her lashes opened wide
and the snow shown from her eyes
makes me search every street lamp for that glare

If she were to tell me now,
we were only like an evening gown
worn once some Saturday night.
I would see that Dakota winter
how she smiled as she shivered
and she could have my lungs because I would have heard her lie

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released February 18, 2014

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