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Dust on the Old Days

from Highways and Stars by Brandon Mullis

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Where have you run to so slow so late in November?
Is the end of the bottle so warm when you get there alone?
And when was the last time I saw you, ‘cause I can't remember
This bank full of memories is starting to feel overdrawn

Lord, take me back to those days in that cramped old apartment
Where we both left some piece of our wilder and true selves behind
But you can't fill those holes with the things you can pour from a bottle
And go looking for something the most dogged of men never find

From Star-spangled nights and those hangover mornings you slept off
To random hell-raising and those middle-age problems we swept off
There's dust on the old days and everything looks kinda cloudy
You used to polish 'em with me, but it's hard now without you

Christmas don't come 'round in summer, no it waits 'til December
Nightfall don't happen at noon, it waits for its time
We don't cut down the saplings still growing like just so much timber
But I'll damn sure sing songs to those outlaws cut down in their prime

Sometimes I wake up swearing I just heard you call
But I pick it up to your voice shouting nothing at all
If sunsets are supposed to be so goddamn pretty, then why can't I look?
The dawn coming soon will be gray from the color you took

Sometimes I wake up swearing I just heard you call
But I pick it up to your voice shouting nothing at all
Someday I'll see you and tell you how growin' old feels
With a mouthful of stories and a lifetime of dirt on my heels

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from Highways and Stars, released March 11, 2022

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Brandon Mullis Augusta, Georgia

I'm a primarily acoustic singer/songwriter who's been writing lyrical folk/Americana music for more than 20 years. I play all over the eastern USA, and my influences range from Neil Young to Alice in Chains to Jason Isbell to David Allan Coe. I love good melodies and heartfelt stories, and I try to pass along the best ones I can.

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