Courtyard

from Heartache by Color for Colors

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lyrics

You were
like a primrose through the window
of a lightly furnished room,
in a gently tarnished home,
upon a brightened bricked road

And you were
rows of street lamps in the midnight
chasing darkness up and down the block
’til the morning stumbles in
as you ask it, “where ya been?”

And why
must I now speak of you in past tense?
like I’m thumbing through an atlas
of a world I used to know,
marking spots you didn’t go

And why
must I only find you when the time slows?
or maybe when the sun goes,
like I found you in the shade,
in a courtyard yesterday

‘Cause I,
I was crying in the courtyard
I was crying in the courtyard
and you’re never gonna know
no, you’re never gonna know

That I,
I was crying in the courtyard
it was only in the courtyard
and you’re never gonna know
no, you’re never gonna know

I never got to say goodbye to
you never got to say goodbye too
I never got to say goodbye to
you never got to say goodbye too

Hey, do you think you could forgive me?
do you think I could forgive you?
do you think I’ll be okay
when I think of you today?

‘Cause I,
I was crying in the courtyard
I was crying in the courtyard
and you’re never gonna know
no, you’re never gonna know

That I,
I was crying in the courtyard
it was only in the courtyard
and you’re never gonna know
no, you’re never gonna know

credits

from Heartache, released August 3, 2022
All music and lyrics written by Ollie Hobson
Drums performed by Matt Roarty
Bass arranged and performed by Ryan Cleary
Saxophone arranged and performed by Michael Buckley
All vocals and other instrumentation performed by Ollie Hobson
Produced by Matt Milkowski and Ollie Hobson
Recorded primarily at Miller St. Studios by Joe Delfino
Mixed by Joe Delfino, Chas Lilly, and Ollie Hobson
Mastered by Bob Weston
Album art by Zach Knapp and Ollie Hobson

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Color for Colors is the moniker of Ollie Hobson, an artist and songwriter who lives in Chicago

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