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Playing Dumb

from Help Wanted Nights by The Good Life

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lyrics

There's no talk of future plans,
there's no romance,
there's no good reason we should be in love -
so, I've been making shit up.
We're even sleeping in different beds -
different schedules -
or, that's the best excuse you came up with.
Good enough that it still sticks.

Still, I'm not tired of you holding out
for something better to come along.
I'm not tired of being let down,
I'm tired of playing dumb.

There's no talk of where you've been,
though the evidence
keeps creeping its way into our happy home.
I hardly notice anymore.
Matchbooks from the other side of town,
those long, aching looks
into other people's yards...
but that can't be what you want.

I'm not tired of you coming home too late,
or when you don't come home at all.
I can handle being alone,
I'm just tired of playing dumb.

There's no talk of how I am,
I'm not complaining,
but maybe a few kind words
once in a while.

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from Help Wanted Nights, released September 11, 2007

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The Good Life Omaha, Nebraska

The Good Life is drummer Roger L. Lewis’s love of classic rock, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Fox’s chaotic approach to melody, Stefanie Drootin-Senseney’s propulsive yet tuneful bass parts, and Tim Kasher’s deft, complementary song writing.

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