Over Cold Shoulders - Eliza Rickman

Over and over

Look over your shoulder

At all of the soot on the ground

Oh, it’s been falling down from the moment we got into town

You’re older

You’re bolder

You’ve never been colder

You come in here looking for more

Oh, you take all you can fit in your arms when you walk out the door

You didn’t even see it coming

You know you should’ve seen it coming

You might’ve even seen it coming

You could-a would-a seen it all

Could-a would-a had it all

Father, oh father

Your sons and your daughters

They’ll learn how to stand on their own

Oh, when a slap on the left

And a kick to the right’s all they know

Daily, or daily

But then again maybe

You’ll learn how to love what you have

Oh, if you’ll find there is more to the scheme

Than to give or to grab

You didn’t even see it coming

You know you should’ve seen it coming

You might’ve even seen it coming

You could-a would-a seen it all

Couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t have to crawl

So shoulder, grow older

Don’t ever grow colder

And time will bring love to your side

Oh, if you choose to refuse to sit tight while she passes you by

And maybe, just maybe

She’ll take you there safely

No more of your running around

And over and over by nightfall

You’ll dance in the soot on the ground

You didn’t even see it coming

You know you should’ve seen it coming

You might’ve even seen it coming

You could-a would-a seen it all

Could-a would-a had it all