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lyrics

All in All (Byrne)

Papers are lying, right where we left them
And you left me right where I deserve to be
Looking like I just stepped out of a Greyhound bus,
Into a place, a place that’s made a liar of me
And everyone’s doing just a little more than nothing
But their hearts are beating the same as any other
And people just get used to the sight of their own shadows
And thinking that the cover of the book is all that matters but

Chorus
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late

We shared a blanket and we couldn’t keep from laughing,
We shared a match and someday we’ll share a casket
And though I know for sure I’m getting blinder and blinder
I like to think the world is getting sweeter and kinder
And if the only time we meet are in the verses of this song
I made up my mind I have to go on
How else can I begin to find my own Babylon
A place I can abandon when the river swallows up the walls

Chorus
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better hmmm

And it might take more than a hammer and nails to put us together again,
It might take more than a hammer and nails.

(Instrumental)
It might take more than all the kings men to put us together again,
It might take more than all the kings men.

Maybe I’m looking for far too much forgiving,
Asking of others more than I am willing to give,
As long as it takes, that’s how long I like to think I’ll remain,
Maybe there’s a way I can explain things the right way
And a one track town loves a one trick pony
But we need love and love needs company
I know that you know that I know that you know
That just as quickly as you find a home
You could wind up back out on the road and

Chorus
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better
No it can’t be too late
All in all I think we’re getting better, getting better hmmm

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from A Shiver in the Sky, released November 1, 2019

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On his new record, A Shiver in the Sky (2019),Dublin native John Byrne and his band vibrantly execute ten new originals. Strings, horns and guitars escort Byrne’s vocals through a set of songs about living and pushing forward through negative times.
Critics have called his writing “powerful, deeply moving work that will stay with you long after you have heard it” (Sing Out) ... more

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