{"id":387,"date":"2008-05-15T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=387"},"modified":"2015-10-29T15:56:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T22:56:59","slug":"baby-was-a-pistol-way-too-hot-to-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2008\/05\/15\/baby-was-a-pistol-way-too-hot-to-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby was a pistol way too hot to hold…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baby<\/p>\n

H<\/span>e sat there.<\/p>\n

The phone was still in his hand. Finally he put the handset in the cradle.<\/p>\n

Outside, the sun was so bright it seemed to bleach the color out of the street.<\/p>\n

The view in front of him, his feet, the carpet under them, a loop of telephone cable, flattened out until it was just an abstract pattern.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Baby Was a Friend of Mine<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n

more stream & DL options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

previous versions<\/i>
\nFriday, November 18, 2005<\/a>
\nThursday, March 30, 2006<\/a>
\nWednesday, July 26, 2006<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The past seemed to exist all at once, the future not at all; it was unimaginable, a big hole in the middle of it where she<\/span> would have been — a black hole that sucked all possible futures into nothingness.<\/p>\n

Except he was still here.<\/p>\n

Seconds ticked into minutes and then into hours. As the room settled into deeper and deeper shadow, he finally tried to stir himself.<\/p>\n

It was easier to just sit there. If he sat there long enough, he thought, maybe he would just go to sleep. And, in the morning, he would wake to find her still there, that it was all a dream, a strange hallucination — or he would wake with the realization that, this time, she was gone forever…<\/span><\/p>\n

previous versions<\/i>
\nFriday, November 18, 2005<\/a>
\nThursday, March 30, 2006<\/a>
\nWednesday, July 26, 2006<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

lyrics<\/span><\/span>
\nBaby Was a Friend of Mine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

the first time I saw her
\nI knew it was too late
\na shadow fell across my soul
\nI asked her for a date<\/p>\n

Baby was a pistol
\nway too hot to hold
\nbaby was a big mistake
\nsome things you cant be told<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine
\nbaby was a friend of mine
\nshe couldn’t keep from cheating
\nshe never did stop lying
\nbut baby was a friend of mine<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Baby drove me crazy
\nfor almost seven years
\nthen she drove away one day
\nwith a repo-man from Sears<\/p>\n

I found her in a Motel Six
\nout in San Berdoo
\nshe was watching Lucy re-runs
\nand sniffing airplane glue<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine…<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the last time I saw her
\nshe said that it was fate
\nI thought for sure you’d save me
\n(she) said as she turned away<\/p>\n

I thought i saw a tear
\nslide across her face
\nI thought I saw forever
\njust as it slipped away<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine
\nbaby was a friend of mine
\nshe couldn’t keep from cheating
\nshe never did stop lying
\nbut baby was a friend of mine<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1992, TK Major<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n(C)2008, TK Major<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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