Nothing Gold

from Keepsakes by Black and White Rewrite

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Well sugar I can taste those nights we went dancing under city lights
And building up the tension I swear your fingertips they felt electric
Your every lie, the whispers shivered up my spine
You kept it so exciting. I swear your lips they serve to make you more enticing
And you'd say, that nothing gold can stay

Cross my heart now, Scratch your name out
Spending all my time looking straight behind me and I
Hope to die now, choke the flame out
Every time I start to feel alive I'm reminded how I...

Wasted time one things that kept me paralysed
In keeping me distracted, you had me all cut up, mapped out, dissected
And your every line, you made me pay for my peace of mind
The prettiest of eyes kept me in line how I tried to make you stay
And I prayed, but nothing gold can stay

You wrote your name inside the back of a matchbook
With seven numbers I couldn’t help but memorize
Now I'd give my life to forget them
I'm out of quarters at the corner payphone
The operator said it's time to walk away
But we both know what I am not capable of
I told her all about our parking lot
3am daisies and the ring I bought
How I walked away from my God just to keep you coming back
And somehow I was never quite enough
So I'll just call collect to get this off my chest
And I'll be done, I'll be done, It'll all be done.

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from Keepsakes, released May 30, 2015

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