That Ring It Don't Fit Your Finger Anymore

from Dupont Back Porches by Tom Flannery and Bret Alexander

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Flowers fade away
left where they lay
things may have come to pass
just a little too fast
when time goes by
like a thief past a door
that ring it don't fit your finger anymore

Now and forever
'till death do us part
some things invade
in the shape of a heart
like expired foodstuffs
on the shelves at the store
that ring it don't fit your finger anymore

Father forgive me
I know not what I do
I'm guilty of nothing
'cept no belief in you
still reaching in the pockets
of the clothes that he wore
that ring it don't fit his finger anymore

Line 'em all up
and knock 'em all back
six guns six shooters
sixth senses dressed in black
plaques and tangles
and grooves in the floor
that ring it don't fit your finger anymore

Anesthitize familiarize
streets with corner bars
long dead prescriptions
and stranded winter cars
don't accept nothing
but always wanting more
that ring it don't fit your finger anymore

Father forgive me
I know not what I do
I'm guilty of nothing
'cept no belief in you
still reaching in the pockets
of the clothes that he wore
that ring it don't fit his finger anymore

Wheeled recliners
lined up in a row
sun falling down
gotta turn the lights down low
gotta clear the doorway
to find another in the drawer cause
that ring it don't fit your finger anymore

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from Dupont Back Porches, released March 31, 2016

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"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide

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