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lyrics
She's waiting on the edge of town for lucky number three
I wouldn't feel so sad, but you know number two was me
She's west unto the world, man I swear she was the one
I guess it wouldn't work out anyways, I can't move for lack of funds
When I's young I hoped that love worked like romantic comedy
I'd find a hometown, high school sweetheart, and one day she'd marry me
But the talking phase, the separate ways, just left me all confused
Trying to navigate the hashtag l-u-v-l-y-f blues
I'm recommended dating apps where young, pretty people meet
But ice-breaker texts and selfies steal my soul and sell it cheap
I never really entertained 'em, I'm too pig-headed and proud
The only "Tinder" that I like's made outta chicken anyhow
So I walk on down the highway righteous, romantic, and bored
For every time I meet a pretty girl my eyes will meet the floor
And if I'm refusing the perusing of soulmates on my cell phone
I'll have to quickly con some confidence or get comfortable alone
I watch old romantic movies when I lay in bed at night
When lovers faced with leaving really had to mean "goodbye"
I'll wait, I'll write, a kiss goodnight, fare thee well and then
So long kiddo, I gotta go, I hope we meet again
Then bear the weight of all that hope to someday reunite
On a city street so far away or nostalgic hometown night
But data makes that longing cliche and obsolete
'Cuz you can't really miss nobody with FaceTime and Insta feeds
My hair's thinning like I'm 40 but I'm only 23
I shake my fist up at the sky "God why you doing this to me?"
He says "I gotta give these other guys a chance, it just ain't fair
Owen, none of them would get a girl if I let you keep your hair"
I say "Its nice you think I'm handsome but I'm single, lonely too
And if I can't find her 'fore it falls out don't know what I'm gonna do"
God say "Relax its just your hair, there's more important things OK?
And girls who'd marry based on hairlines ain't the good girls anyway"
I really shouldn't wax nostalgic how I think things used to be
Lament the looks I wish I had and lack of tech literacy
Curse Romeo and Juliet who sent no anxious text response
Just 'cuz I've only been in love in years 2000 and beyond
And I'm struggling to figure out what any of this means
Taking a forced and fixed step forward into human history
Search for solace in the hope somewhere she's looking for me too
Probably singing about her hashtag l-u-v-l-y-f blues
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released November 23, 2018
Written, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by Owen McMahon
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