Deep Brown Eyes

by Jackson Betz

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I’ve been round the block so many times
I know all the cracks in the sidewalk
It’s gotten so hard to tell what is true
And what is just Whartonite sweet talk

Life escalates fast
Nothing would last, I tell myself
Things get so obtuse
There’s no excuse to be on the shelf

He was on the porch, I knew his friends
They told me he was flaky
But Corn Flakes are my jam, so I said hello
He said his heart was aching

Said he was involved
Mystery solved, I couldn’t compete
When he held me close
I was engrossed, I couldn’t defeat

(His deep brown eyes) He made me the one
(His deep brown eyes) And it was just fun

One day he left me high and dry
I sent him a postcard
He told me he was fishing
I better check with the Coast Guard

He broke off our streak, I cut my hair
My friends are all tired of hearing
This. It’s getting old, I should lay low
I should be disappearing

Still, once in a while
I get his smile lodged in my mind
I see him out in the street
I tend to repeat myself in kind

‘Cause he’s got those
(Deep brown eyes) And I was the one
(His deep brown eyes) But now we are done

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released February 19, 2018
Songwriting, instruments/vocals, production - Jackson Betz
Album cover - photo by Jackson Betz of drawing by Jackson Betz and Andrew Park
Thanks to Melannie Jay for lending me her guitar!

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