Holly

from By The Summertime by David James Allen

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Holly, how I miss you my darling
Times been bittersweet
Holly, how I miss your sweet scent
In the morning by the side of the sun
In the nook of my arm

Oh Holly, you were good to me darling
Times been bittersweet
Holly, how I miss your sweet smile
By the side of the moon, your eyes like flowers in bloom.

Dimly lit bars, stale beer and the smell of cocaine
Don’t bring you back my friend.

Holly, I’ve been missing you darling
Times worn hard of me
Holly, I quit drinking the day I pushed you away
By the side of the stage to bask in a crows embrace

I never go back to our old watering hole
Where I first learned your name
Dimly lit bars cold beer in the heart of the wind
Don’t bring you back my friend.

Oh Holly, how I miss you my Holly
I’m keeping well for you Holly
I keep picking away at the scabs of the day
Created in pains of losing your patient embrace

The mask that I wear underneath this cowboy stare
Hides the scars of the child i've been
Drank so much Id start fights with the flies of the night
In a well of the righteous and kin

Oh, dimly lit bars, stale beer and the smell of cocaine
Feels like I'm losing you again
Oh, dimly lit bars, stale beer and the smell of cocaine
Feels like I'm losing you again...

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from By The Summertime, released June 9, 2023

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David James Allen Prince Edward, Ontario

David James Allen is a producer, graphic artist, and maker of folk and country songs including those on his new album By The Summertime. He lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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