Put That Down And Pick Me Up

from Ampersand by Personnel

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Did you notice that the blue hour’s beginning?
When day and night pass
We could walk out as the night flowers are opening
They open like the first stars

I know you’re busy
I know, I know you have your work
But put that down, come around and pick me up

It may always feel hard to balance
There may never be time enough
but I don’t believe the choice between you or us

Don’t you have tonight?
Not some night
Not one night down the line

But this one for two
for me and you
to make a little time into the blue

All the stories say it’s your work or it’s our love
that one’s sacrificed
That’s the kind of shit I might believe in today
But I never will tonight

This light tells other stories
other ones that could be true
That don’t pit our time together against what we each do

If we want to tell another story
That isn’t gain at the other’s loss
Then at each turn we just have to keep making it up

Don’t you have tonight?
Not some night
Not one night down the line

But this one for two
for me and you
to waste a little time into the blue

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from Ampersand, released October 31, 2020

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Personnel is a song writing studio started by Robbie Defacto in 2020.

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