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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Lead Vocals
Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires
Background Vocals
Chad Gamble
Chad Gamble
Drums
Jimbo Hart
Jimbo Hart
Bass Guitar
Sadler Vaden
Sadler Vaden
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Cobb
Dave Cobb
Producer
Pete Lyman
Pete Lyman
Mastering Engineer
Gena Johnson
Gena Johnson
Assistant Engineer
Matt Ross-Spang
Matt Ross-Spang
Engineer

Lyrics

It's not the long flowing
Dress you're in
Or the light coming off
Of your skin
The fragile heart
You protected for so long
Or the mercy in your sense
Of right and wrong
It's not your hands
Searching slow in the dark
Or your nails leaving
Love's watermark
It's not the way
You talk me off the roof
Your questions like
Directions to the truth
It's knowing that this
Can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have
To spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone
If we were vampires
And death was a joke
We'd go out on the sidewalk
And smoke
Laugh at all the lovers
And their plans
I wouldn't feel the need
To hold your hand
Maybe time running out is a gift
I'll work hard
'Til the end of my shift
To give you every second
I can find
And hope it isn't me
Who's left behind
Knowing that this
Can't go on forever
It's likely one of us will have
To spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone
Knowing that this
Can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have
To spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone
Thank you, thank you!
That's another one off our new record
Written by: Jason Isbell
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