simply said, by buick audra

simply said

from Unreleased Demos Vol. 1 by buick audra

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Demo of a song I wrote, slated for the upcoming album Love and Lightning. I wrote this in my brother's house in Somerville, MA. Coincidentally, this is his favorite song of mine. Recorded in the living room of my old Brooklyn apartment with my Taylor 714ce (missed and loved) and an SM7 mic that I borrowed from the Loved Ones. I'm the queen of borrowing mics.

lyrics

you don’t have to hold my hand; I can move
and I don’t have to take care of you

you don’t have to shield my ears from the truth
and I don’t have to take care of you

you can be Poseidon on the ocean blue
and I don’t have to take care of you

you can tell somebody sweeter what to do
and I don’t have to take care of you

all the moves and graces
all the pretty faces
like old pictures of a time
when handshakes were a contract
and love was not a take-back
and the valentines simply said, “be mine”

you can keep your secrets locked up in your room
and I don’t have to take care of you

you were just enough to leave the slightest bruise
and I don’t have to take care of you.