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The Keys Lyrics by Sleepy Sun

Private Tales

2017

[Verse 1]
We hauled him off the trailer
Our first summer day in the lone star state
She drove me hot and humid
Sweaty palms I held on to the sidearm
Placed him carefully down on the floorboards
With a helping hand I played every song I knew
And told her that I’d love her
[Chorus 1]
Even if she’d choose the keys over me
I’d still be there lifting them
High as the heavens she feared
[Verse 2]
Two years later with a gang of Texas boys
We were hauling him up the ramp again
California! I was coming home
With the beast of eighty eight black and whites
[Chorus 2]
Oh the keys! Dead to me
They’re still here
I’m lifting them
High as the heavens she fears
[Outro]
Just this morning
The repairer brought his tuner
And his toolbox
But every instrument overshadowed
By the dark toneless keys of my heart
And the bones we’ll pick apart
'Til they’re gone out of our lives
And we won't cry anymore
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Sleepy Sun

Sleepy Sun

About “The Keys” by Sleepy Sun

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"The Keys" appears on "Private Tales" in 2017.

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