IF I COULD I’D SHELTER YOU FROM THIS
BUT HOW CAN I STOP THIS WAVE CRASHING OVER US NOW?
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS I CAN’T WE WOULDN’T WANT TO IF WE KNEW
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS I LOVE YOU
& IF WE COULD SHUT ALL THOSE FEELINGS AWAY
MIGHT AS WELL PAINT ALL THE COLOURS GREY
ALL THOSE SHINY DAYS IN A ROW
THIS ONES TURNED TO GLOOM LONELINESS STEPS IN THE FADING ROOM
& ALL YOUR WORDS REACH OUT TO TOUCH ME NOW
THE MEANING BECOMES CLEARER OVER TIME SOMEHOW
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS NO ONE CAN SHIELD YOU FROM YOUR PAIN
AND IN OUR LIVES IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN
THE FLIP SIDE IS THE JOY THAT LIES AHEAD
WITHOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS
WE MAY AS WELL BE SOMEWHERE ELSE
NOT HERE
SADNESS SHARED AND SOME SHALLOW LAUGHS DONT MAKE IT GO AWAY
I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY
& IF WE COULD SHUT ALL THOSE FEELINGS AWAY
MIGHT AS WELL PAINT ALL THE COLOURS GREY
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021