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Happiness On Hold

from Bootlegged at the Bridge Hotel by Matthew Colin

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Happiness On Hold

Oh brother what you doin?
Acting young and full of hope
You’re revealing all your feeling
Like you never had it broke
Don’t you know? the world is trouble
Livin’s pain, you ain’t been told?
You gotta put away your part each day
A little happiness on hold

Aw babe, you got the right idea
Holding hands with misery
Don’t go letting your heart get carried away
With all this joy you found to feel
The big screen dream, the true love scene
Is a lie that you’ve been sold
You gotta stomp that down when you come around
With you happiness on hold

There’s no shortage to the substitutes
Come on and pull the wool down hard
You’re soul ain’t nothin special kid,
Everyone’s a still-born star
So tie your ankle to the anchor
Until your love for life lays cold
And you’re standing there with your empty hands
And your happiness on hold

You’re gonna see some pretty things
That will lead you to believe
There’s a crack of hope in a coat of pain
The old moth to a lamplight scheme
But trust me when I tell you folks
It’s only panning or fools gold
Leave it settle deep and lay your head to sleep
Next to your happiness on hold

Now try to find you some reflection
There’s some things you outta face
Ain’t nobody ever laid to rest
Was content to end the race
Now if it’s hung from your potential
At least you know which card to fold
Buried ‘neath the clay, with your stone engraved
A little happiness on hold

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from Bootlegged at the Bridge Hotel, released November 9, 2023

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Matthew Colin Castlemaine, Australia

Matthew Colin brings with him the values of histories great ramblers, 'a song and a friend for every mile behind'. It'll only take listening to one or two lines and you will find a writer of considered craft, carrying values nested in a time of country folk music where all that mattered was the song itself. ... more

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