Farewell, Rose

from Shortcuts To The By & By by Wes Dorethy

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Farewell, Rose
Go back through the halls of our youth
What mattered most
Separate the lies from the truth

Truth is I could have been
A better man, a better friend
To you
Now the curtains all are drawn
It's a freak show from now on
I'm cursing in a church pew
I don't belong here

Farewell, Rose
I hope that you're happier now
And I'm happy too
You know, we're both still alive, we should be proud

But sometimes I wonder if
I would have ignored the consequence
When you really needed help
If I had taken my Dad's truck
And drove till the tank dried up
Come heaven or come hell

But we never really do
What we really wanna do
We just dance with the flames
And when the fire gets too hot
We call everything off
And blame it on the winds of change
Did it matter anyway

Farewell, Rose
Go back to the soul you belong
Cause that mattered most
I think I finally know the right from the wrong

But I'd be lying if I said
I didn't miss you to death
There's a gaping hole
But is it all just a ruse
How could you ever love someone
That you never knew at all
I never knew you
I never knew you
I never knew you
And that's the way it should be
That's the way it should be
Far from the killer's reach
Far from churning seas
Back to our infancies
Your twinkling eyes on Christmas Eve
Back when our families
Were everything we needed them to be
But it's not the way it went
And you gotta live with it

Farewell, Rose
What I'd give to hear you laugh one more time

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from Shortcuts To The By & By, released April 15, 2021

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Wes Dorethy Mountain Home, Arkansas

Wes Dorethy is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Mountain Home, Arkansas. Known for his solo music as well as fronting the band Patient Eyes and being half of songwriting duo Dorethy & McGrath, Wes has an eclectic style drawn from a wide range of influences but centered with a focus on honest storytelling and heart-on-your-sleeve vulnerability.

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