Carolann Solebello: words & music
Behind the Door
(Carolann Solebello)
baseball cards and cigarettes
flowered skirts and castanets
muddy boots and no regrets
ain't no strangers here
flying kites and baby dolls
faded paper at saint paul's
reach too high and everybody falls
ain't no mercy here
she swept everything behind the door
drew the blinds and closed the store
everything she knew before
don't much matter anymore
singing low and riding high
twisted music melts the sky
a ringing phone with no reply
ain't no answers here
she swept everything behind the door
folded neat then locked the drawer
everything she knew before
don't much matter anymore
scatter the ash to the wind
take it like a man, square on the chin
choke it down with a tonic and gin
and believe
blue-eyed bourbon whiskey smile
hidden somewhere in a pile
now she descends in single file
ain't no shadows here
she swept everything behind the door
shattered, scattered on the floor
everything she knew before
don't much matter anymore
she swept everything behind the door
quoth the raven, “nevermore”
everything she knew before
don't much matter anymore