Ominous Ride - Dodging Bullets

from SpinTunes #15 Round 2 by Spintunes

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Spintunes #15 Round 2 Challenge:
Gratitune--Write a song that expresses or conveys genuine gratitude for someone or something. Your song may be fictional but the expression of gratitude should be sincere. Your song must include vocal harmonies.

I tried to do something original: Being grateful for past women dumping me so I could find my soul mate seems original. Another failed romance song, not who much.

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Mama used to tell me I was a catch
Later would I find how many times they’d throw me back
In my mind I was kind and articulate
And educated to the third degree
It would have been nice to see
How hard a woman is to please

One side of the coin was pain
But the other side a blessing

She drifted in like an autumn breeze
Everything she said and did put me at ease
But then she changed in a way that I can’t explain
I didn’t understand her outer rage
Like a rabbit trying to save its cage
I was more afraid of being free

And the daggers she thrust into my heart
I mistook for Cupid’s arrows
Standing in the hall, looking back at her
As she slams the door

Thank God she left me and went her way
So I could find my smile another day

She pegged herself as an LA 10
And when we met I was on my feet again
Somehow we clicked and began a relationship
But then her superficial faces all began to flip
And though I knew the chemistry was wrong
I had no intention of moving on

The incessant belief that I could make it work
Like trying to crack a safe from inside
Sitting at a restaurant table asking questions
And she’s on her phone

Thank God she left me and went her way
So I could find my smile another day

Another night and I’m wide awake
Because she won’t pick up
(And though I don’t know what I’d say)
Is it something I’ve done?
Or what I’ve become?
Or what I’m trying to save
(And I haven’t laughed for days)
There are better things for me
Looking back and giving thanks for what I

See
They were no good
Falling down is not the end of the road
Now someone comes along to make me happy
Gonna get back up
And turn around and see her smiling back at me

Thank God they left me and went their way
So I could find her smile another day

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from SpinTunes #15 Round 2, released November 18, 2018

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