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I Let Her Go

from Winter Rain by Steve Gilligan

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I Let Her Go

When the party finally ended and the company dispersed
she stood over by the windowsill gazing out at the world
I didn't want to talk to her, she didn't want to leave
as I continued to play my guitar she tugged gently at my sleeve

I tried my best not to notice as I sang down to my knees
some song without any meaning, no rhymes, no melody
she knew that I was avoiding any chance of laying ground
so, quietly, like a ghostly spirit, she began to dance around

That summer passed uneventfully as we shared my little loft
we'd hang on the roof and make love by the moon,
I guess I was going soft
there was something in the way she lay all naked in that light
she captured my intensity and kept it burning bright

When autumn came I was traveling, never figuring on getting caught
I didn't call, I didn't write, never gave it too much thought
You know it's true that every town begins to look the same
and every girl I tangled with knew nothing but my name

One morning out west of Albany I was playing the role of the creep
some redhead was putting on her clothes and I was still half asleep
she stood outside the motel door in the early morning gray
she didn't come into my room she just turned and walked away

The news of the world wasn't happening so I switched off the set
I shuffled around some letters and stuff and smoked a cigarette
the radio, the stereo, the pictures and the books
seemed every time I turned around there's something else I took
but what I hadn't counted on was what she left behind
an empty room full of loneliness in this empty heart of mine

she loved me once, she loved me where she's gone I'll never know
but I let her go, I let her go, I let he go

Steve Gilligan - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica
Jon Cohen - drums
Rob Carlson - dobro slide guitar

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from Winter Rain, released June 9, 2014
Steve Gilligan - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica
Jon Cohen - drums
Rob Carlson - dobro slide guitar

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Steve Gilligan Boston, Massachusetts

Steve Gilligan is best known as bassist of legendary Boston rock 'n' roll band The Stompers. He's released 4 solo CDs; "Jacobs Well", “Winter Rain”, “Dogpatch Garage”, and now "Next Someday", which rocks with a melodic energy found in the best from bands like Tom Petty & XTC. ... more

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