Waitin' Like A Canine

from Crooked Light by The Ohio Weather Band

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I still feel with my hands
Though colder than death
I twist the beads that are lain
Upon your T-shirted breast
I beat a dead love to a pulp
Hoping it will resurrect
Or just remember

Now I’m talking too loud
Too freely and honest
If only you’d heed
To the words I have chosen
You’d think that I’d learn
From all the poems, songs and sonnets
That it ain’t worth it

As long as the moon
Don’t turn me to stone
While the sun goes to sleep
Or decides to explode
I won’t ignore the flames
That are keepin’ me warm
Even though they’re burnin’ me

Now I’m waitin’ like a canine
And you’re throwin’ me bones
Through snow, rain and sunshine
I’m convinced that you’ll come home

You could call it the blues
But it’s beaten black too
When I strike with my hammer
The nails seem to move
I’m just a lone carpenter
Who’s looking for work
I want to rebuild

I don’t give a damn
About outside perspective
Their opinions aren’t valid
Nor do I respect them
Everyone is a genius
Oh my God, how they’ve lived it
How should I pay them?

Now I’m waitin’ like a canine
And you’re throwin’ me bones
Through snow, rain and sunshine
I’m convinced that you’ll come home

In every bed-bound love
You’re convinced that you’ve found
Past interstate and river
You got yourself wrapped around
He ain’t nothin’
And nothin’s all he’ll ever be
He can try, but he ain’t me

Now I’m waitin’ like a canine
And you’re throwin’ me bones
Through snow, rain and sunshine
I’m convinced that you’ll come home

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from Crooked Light, released February 27, 2016

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The Ohio Weather Band Akron, Ohio

The Ohio Weather Band is a rock & roll outfit consisting of the members born and raised in Northeast Ohio. The band members include: Corey King, Derek Strata, and Ray Lumpp.

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