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Keith's Lament

by Scruffy The Cat

on Time Never Forgets - The Anthology ('86-'88) (2014), Moons of Jupiter (1988)

I used to know what was good for you
I used to know what made you blue
I used to sing with you every night
Make you laugh or I could make you cry

But now I don't get to talk to you
Comfort you or get close to you
And everything we've done before
Blew away when you went out the door

A woman can keep you warm when it's cold out
A guitar sings to you when you're blue
A man will sing his songs of love with either at his side
But I never had a guitar break my heart

You used to love me, baby, all the time
You used to never want to tell me lies
Used watch me with eyes so true
Used to play my guitar for you

And now I don't get to play for you
Sing with you or hum for you
And everything we sang before
Went out of tune when you slammed the door

A woman can keep you warm when it's cold out
A guitar sings to you when you're blue
A man can sing his songs of love with either at his side
But I never had a guitar break my heart

Every time I think of her
I almost want to cry
I never thought a pretty woman
Could make me be so blind (two, three)
But I'm still strumming and I'm still singing
Better than before
And all the songs I sang before
Now I know who I'm singing 'em for

A woman can keep you warm when it's cold out
A guitar sings to you when you're blue
A man can sing his songs of love with either at his side
But I never had a guitar break my heart

A woman can keep you warm when it's cold out
A guitar sings to you when you're blue
A man can sing his songs of love with either at his side
But I never had a guitar break my heart
But I never had a guitar break my heart
But I never had a guitar break my heart