from the 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards - Roots Solo Recording of the Year "For The Night"
lyrics
Tough Love by Jen Lane
you’ve been sittin’ here, for nearly forty years
turning whiskey into tears, turning whiskey into tears
i know that you’re hard like that, that’s why I got your back,
but if you wanna just relax, i’ll be in the back yard
there is, so much, i need to remind you of
i guess, it takes, a lotta tough love
i do declare that i’m done
till you decide to bring me home
you’re pullin’ everything out by the roots, you’re taking your turn i guess
but you try to be thoughtful, cause thoughtful is best, but these days
you can’t find your way out, i know you’re on to something but right now
i think that you might just need to be,
someone else, something more, not like you, something more
cause there is, so much, i need to remind you of
and i guess, it takes, a lotta tough love
i do declare that i’m done
till you decide to bring me home
credits
from For The Night,
released September 14, 2010
written and arranged by Jen Lane
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