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Today Was a Good Day

by Lucy Spraggan

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1.
Breathe 03:16
So much can change in a year I have different fears I find I’m sorry a little less I’m mostly scared of my brain And things it can’t explain I can’t handle a little stress We’ve all done things were ashamed of tell me what you’re afraid of Wear it with pride We’ve all done things were ashamed of tell me what you’re afraid of And I’ll tell you mine I’ve been afraid to breathe We are alive I used to be scared of spiders Now I’m scared of what’s inside us And how well we hide it I tend to worsen anxieties with my lack of sobriety I’m my own worst enemy I’ll never learn from my mistakes but I’ll give you mine and I hope you learn from them
2.
Lucky Stars 03:22
On the ceiling in my bedroom They would glow up in the dark I had no idea that you and I were still light-years apart Well, stars don’t look like that At least they don’t to me As I grew older I noticed less and less The darkest nights are when the sky can really look its best And that’s when I saw you as bright as you could be I thank my lucky stars That I discovered you Like the first man on the moon But you came out the blue I thank my lucky stars That you’re so close to me Like Venus and Mercury From the darkness to the deep I thank my lucky stars Typical of me I run before I walk I’m on the moon without my suit The world’s worst astronaut I’ll just float with you In zero gravity It’s our adventure It’s only just begun And you and I can find some time to orbit round the sun I am never scared As long as you’re with me Take my hand, prepare for take off Don’t look down
3.
Sitting in an old bar, in a town the no ones heard of Everybody’s outside with glasses on staring at the sky Waiting for the message to arrive There’s panic all around us Shouting lord give me a sign I’ll pour a new whiskey and you sit there drinking your wine Just like everything’s fine But this is it, the end of the world The countdown’s begun The meteor just flew in front of the sun And it’s been confirmed So, turn off the news I am so lucky to be here with you No one I’d have preferred And we’re not concerned It’s just you and me and the end of the world The bar is almost empty People shot off in their cars But the old man’s in the corner and he’s there still playing guitar But he’s playing Auld Lang Syne We put a 50 in the juke box and play our favourite song And we just start jumping and dancing and singing along We feel like nothing’s wrong 30 more seconds That’s when they say we’ll be colliding I’m sure there’s irony somewhere but we cannot find it Turn up the music I’ve loved you so truly don’t panic now We’re alright Here it comes darling I love you hold tight close your eyes Well that was it the end of the world The countdown is done The meteor crashed down on earth with a thud And it was confirmed So we turned off the news I was so lucky to be there with you No one I’d have preferred And we weren’t concerned It was just you and me and the end of the world
4.
I don’t mean to be negative But the answer’s always been negative I’ve been writing songs I don’t like For someone to tell me they’re still not right I wanna believe in the words I write So I’m gonna carry on with my life Forget all the hours I wont get back And get used to the sad old fact. You might not hear this on the radio But I’m not sure I care you know I’m gonna write this anyway and this ones for you Oh no You wont hear this radio I have tried all the good advice Tried to write a song that they’ll like I’ve wasted hours and days and days So I’ll just write a song they won’t play
5.
We’d been camping in my best friend’s garden ‘til we all fell out about something or other Same night that we ran to the kitchen Her mum called us chickens we were scared of the thunder I called you up said I want to come home You said you can but I think you should stay I know that I didn’t always listen I miss your decisions and hearing you say Hurry up Don’t be late It’s on the side Your dinner’s ready Wish I could go Back to then Appreciate it when you said Hurry up Don’t be late It’s on the side Your dinner’s ready Every morning we’d all meet by the lockers Thick as thieves until we learned what love was I had my first heart break that summer It might have hurt but it brought us together I called you up said I’m not coming home You said ok where are you gonna stay I know that I didn’t always listen I miss your decisions and hearing you say I’ve been married 3 years in June My sisters had a baby too There’s always kids in our spare room when I’m with them I act like you I call you up and I ask if you’re home You say please drive down and see me today I know that I didn’t always listen I need your decisions It’s my turn to say
6.
Lightning 03:09
I’d like my funeral before I die Have my friends stand side by side Tell our stories around a fire Then party on ‘til the morning light If I get struck down tomorrow well then let that be my fate But you make sure that they play this at my wake Light up the sky with lightning We aint afraid of thunder Light up the sky with lightning We were born to wonder Be brave, don’t be afraid It’s time to dance in the pouring rain And light up the sky with lightning If you don’t take moments to be yourself You’ll spend your life being someone else Think of all those feelings that you never felt It’s more than ok to ask for help If you get struck down tomorrow Well then let that be your fate And you make sure that they play this at your wake
7.
Put on your worst jeans And meet me in the living room I have a bottle of red wine that’s waiting for you Let sit on the floorboards And put on some tunes Argue about What kind of wallpaper we will use We’ve waited a long time for this And now we are on our way We have to be patient, dear Cuz home wasn’t built in a day Let’s dance in the kitchen A night on the tiles So we can feel Something that we haven’t felt in a while Let’s put up that picture Of you and our friends Then discover That that bastard boiler is broken again We’re hoping for good times We’ve been hanging horse shoes I can tell you That there’s no room for sadness under this roof We filled it with music And plants we’ve grown Maybe one day We could share this space with some kids of our own
8.
I know some days are hard But I know how strong you are The front door's open if you're broken Let's talk the night away Sometimes we get it wrong, stick the kettle on I spend my nights alone I keep these doors closed And it don't help me when they tell me That I should just man up Some days we get it wrong, stick the kettle on And if you're low You're not alone I hope you know Sometimes we get it wrong Stick the kettle on I find it hard to sleep I lost my self belief I didn't mean to but I seem to Have ended up so lost Sometimes we get it wrong, stick the kettle on Sometimes you get it wrong and we come undone Sometimes you get it wrong but I won't be long Sometimes we get it wrong, stick the kettle on
9.
I just wanna sit with you tonight Watching the sunset I listen to every word you say I hang on your last breath I watch you get undressed Cuz I think you’re perfect The moonlight kissed a glow onto your skin Like paint on a canvas And I love your arm wrapped around my waist Under a blanket Where I don’t get anxious So I wanna thank you And I’ve got an armful of goosebumps A head full of silence Not much in my brain And all I wanna say Is today was a good day My favourite place is when you’re next to me Driving in my car Hand in hand and walking down the beach You’re watching the coastguard I cant take my eyes off How beautiful you are I’ll spin you round on dancefloors and kiss you in the street And how I feel about you is clear for all to see Cuz you see me as someone that I’d really like to be And I promise that I’ll be that person soon And all I wanna say Is today was a good day
10.
On a winter’s day down in Alachua Exploring the Florida fields Bob said to drop down for a meal if we felt like it We were not too sure if we found the spot Not a place that we’d usually go, it had blacked out windows and motorbikes outside it Well we walked inside there were neon lights and we asked her for a beer She said what are you doing here and she was smiling Well they don’t wear suits And they play rough cards They have old tattoos and faded scars But you do know where you are In Connie’s Bar She said that she was a Canada girl And she told us her Momma was sick Didn’t know if she’d get back before it took her Well the borders tough Yeah she’d had enough The election changed some things Didn’t know if that would mean she had to go home Well I overheard her speak some words about her old man Said he used to wear a patch a long way back I felt safe in that place I felt wild and free and brave Well I left that bar singing Amazing Grace
11.
It was always me, myself and my guitar Pulling dreams out the backseat of my car I’d play to 15 people in a basement in a bar But that’s a start Yeah that’s a start I wrote a song that got me out of there The town that looks much better in the rear view mirror I could hear them singing as I disappeared It broke my heart Yeah it broke my heart They said I wouldn’t make it on my own But they don’t get to write the end I’m just here to say I told you so And love is the best revenge I’m in love with it all again Everybody had the best intent I didn’t think I’d make so many friends The type of friends that love you then never see you again They tried to make me something that I’m not Well, that’s all that they wanted and it’s all they got Tell me if there’s parts of this that I forgot Sing it out Sing it out Sometimes you have to take the long way home You have to lose yourself to know you had it all along When the lights go low And you scream so loud That’s when I know
12.
Never knew that I needed you Until you just arrived And I found a lifeline In those big brown eyes When you found something you liked Well you gave it to me Then you gazed out the window Of my passenger seat But nothing lasts forever I wish it did I’d wait forever in this waiting room Because I know I can’t leave here without you I’d stay forever in this waiting room But I know you can’t be here anymore On my happiest of days We would swim in the sea And you knew you swam better So you stayed close to me In that single bed hotel You slept on the floor and I watched you breathing Couldn’t love you anymore Then something inside you changed The hair upon your head it turned to grey And I could see you were in pain Though if you could I know you’d never say On the day the vet walked in And told me it was time I looked into your big brown eyes And you looked back at mine I loosened your collar And I cried and I cried And I thanked you for friendship And your years by my side I told you you were good The best that there’d been And I watched for your last breath As you fell to your dreams
13.
You stood and cleared your throat Then every word you spoke Seemed to fall out of your mouth hit the ground and explode Something about the truth and that you wanted me to know I was working all the time and that you hadn’t been alone You said that you were sorry, how it had been hell IT hadn’t been at home, cuz you’d been in a hotel Turned your phone towards me And I felt the world melt Cuz I was looking at a picture of you and someone else Cliched, cliched I know But it’s hard to give up hope As the saying goes It’s better late than never There’s pride before a fall It’s better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all Hearts were built for breaking If you love them set them free Times the greatest healer and what will be will be I just know that I miss you And none of it helps Please come back to me I walked from the front door to my car And drove straight to the bar Sat down Looked at the scars across my arms It all came flooding back, like I was sitting in the dark How quickly I forgot that I had come so far You were more than this Said I’d never do it again Because you said it hurt to see me do it to myself But that’s all gone now And you’re not here to help Because you gave up on me just like everybody else I wish that I’d been better The person that you needed I’m so much better than just sitting here and bleeding I’m not gonna let this get worse and take hold I made a promise to myself, and I’ll make it home Well as the saying goes They all say I’ll be fine You’ll barely cross my mind, just give it time They all say I’ll survive You’ll barely cross my mind, just give it time
14.
They say the first years the hardest But I know that can’t be true Cuz I’ve been married two years now And I find nothing hard about Being with you Maybe you’d say it’s different Cuz I leave my socks on the floor And I don’t squeeze the toothpaste right And I don’t share the quilt at night And a million things more I know that we won’t need much You and me the house and the dog Our best years are yet to come Thanks for choosing me Do you know how lucky we are? We will plan our adventures Then life will get in the way But as long as we have good advice, Open minds and butterflies I’m sure we’ll be ok I will fix my bad habits And pick some up on the way I’ll celebrate my years with you Gold, emerald and diamond too If I remember the date And we’ll keep on dancing And I’ll stay romantic And we’ll still go camping

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released May 3, 2019

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