The days are long, please don’t go
I can’t trust myself to be alone
The sun beats down,
my wrists burn on the stove
In this lonely ’78 motorhome
I stay here, alone inside
With the Sunday dinner and the summertime flies
Motorcycles rev outside
From the backyard screen
I hear them drive off into the night
But I know
If I told him I’d die here if I stay
He would hold me in his arms and he’d
Love it that way
Sad teddy bears on the lawn outside
Clean off the mud, hang them up out to dry
Try to sleep, to pass the time by
But the dogs in the yard
Keep me up with their cries in the night
But I know
If I told him I’d die here if I stay
He would hold me in his arms and he’d
Love it that way
The days are long, please don’t go
I can’t trust myself to be alone
It all goes dark, my bangs long overgrown
In this lonely ’78 motorhome
credits
from Married in Mount Airy,
track released November 25, 2022
Written by Nicole Dollanganger. Produced, recorded & mixed by Nicole Dollanganger & Matthew Tomasi. Guitars & Piano by Matthew Tomasi & Scott Downes. Mastered by Matthew Tomasi.
If you feel like mist that graciously draws edges silken, as bitter clouds burst in droplets – a burnt hand would warily seek their comforting warmth – to let you wash your shame in tears; luxuriously tonguing atonement&salt , then this is what I recommend to you.
DNM von Siebenthal