A Lot to Lose

from Keepin' Busy by Beau Diamond and the Collective Dream Band

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I used to know an amazing girl
The most beautiful thing to ever enter my world
She'd be an heiress to their fortune if she followed their rules
I never had nothing but some holes in my shoes

She was still into me

I remember we used to go to the park
We'd stay and drink our coffee until the sky went dark
The glare of the lights painted us vermilion
By the edge of the river, we sat under that pavilion

Until one day she looked at me
and said, "You're much too good for me"

She told me her secret tied to low self-esteem
I replied, "In my eyes, darling you are a dream"
Then I placed my trembling hands upon her hips
Leaned in, kissed her lips

Then we both got lost
The moment had no flaws
Trapped in a time
When the wrong words always seem to rhyme

My adoration of her was a bittersweet curse
She wanted me bad, and hell I wanted her worse
Well now it wasn't long, until I gave her my heart
When she said she couldn't keep it, man I fell apart

But her parents wouldn't approve
She had a lot to lose

So we ceased to exist in the figurative sense
But her skin I still crave, the pretty smile I miss
If she made her way back into town, we'd have a rendezvous
Retreat to hallowed ground

And just pretend
That we're right back there again
Trapped in a time
When the wrong words always seem to...

Trapped in a time
When the wrong words always seem to rhyme

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from Keepin' Busy, released August 28, 2015

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Beau Diamond is a 30 year-old singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri.

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