Forever Young - Lily Kershaw

We meet at the Broken Spoke Restaurant and Lounge I lit your cigarette then you wrote your number down. On the inside of a matchbook that was laying on the bar And a fire started burning somewhere in my heart I didn't see it coming, guess I didn't read the signs I just never thought you'd leave me after all this time. But today when I came home my key was hollow in the door And there was nothing but a worn out book of matches on the floor You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms and walls with holes, scars and scratches, If I find the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. The color is old and faded; the cover's worn and stained I can still make out the numbers and the heart beside your name Until tonight they'd only lit a single cigarette Now one by one I'm striking them to help me to forget And everybody at the broken spoke They all thought my crazy story was a joke Now they're all out in the parking lot Staring at the smoke You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms of walls and holes, scars and scratches Now I found the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. Baby all that's left of our love now is ashes Thank god you left the matches

She's been here workin' all summer long Pumpin' gas for the boats on the Cote Blanche She's so brown from bein' in the sun all day And boys from town hang around her pa paw's place And they all say Hey, you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline It won't be long, she'll be goin' back to school Well, goin' home, all the way to Baton Rouge Well, her pa paw says he'll get along the best he can And all the boys will be so brokenhearted then 'Til it's summer again Then you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Well, every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Girl, I'm gonna miss you so, Evangeline

You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me in a dream Tangled, lost at sea I had tried before Always found myself looking for more But then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me