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Song by Kyle Wayne Stewart
Music written and performed by Richard the Lionhearted

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I still remember the first time that we met
It was Christmas morning and the ground was cold and wet
You were kneeling in the snow drawing funny figures and shapes
I went up and asked your name but you said it's all the same

The second time I saw you it was Easter morning
I was in your Sunday dress as the service did begin
But you ran outside and I followed as well
You said that you hated church because it makes you feel like hell

We walked down the river until we got to the old east bank
I threw rocks at some bottles until they broke and sank
I kissed you in the graveyard; you acted so surprised
I guess I misread you; it must have been something in your eyes

Why do you go
Why couldn't you stay with me
Why is it the best things about this town always leave
You said you'd be home for Christmas and again in July
That seems like years from now but I guess I'll have to try

After you left I took a job down at the mill
I was putting in sixty hours but I still found time to kill
You wrote me once or twice just to say that you're doing fine
You made some friends out there and the weather really blows your mind

O, California! I hear it's always sunny out there
I like to picture you with flowers in your hair
Maybe a summer dress when the weather suits you fine
But I will never forget your brown eyes and that they once were mine

Why do you go
Why couldn't you stay with me
Why is it the best things about this town always leave
You said you would love for me to be with you now
Well, you know I'd like that too if I could only figure out how

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from Richard the Lionhearted [LP], track released December 17, 2010
Kyle Wayne Stewart: vocals/guitar
Blair Miller: keys/vocals
Brad Stewart: bass/vocals
Joel Schaffner: vocals/percussion
Jeramy Templin: vocals/guitar
Andy Lockhart: drums

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Richard the Lionhearted Columbia, Missouri

AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL
"They have a sound born before its members were…drawing deep from wells of psychedelic rock and cosmic-minded country sounds that were dug in the 1970s…yet deftly passing their retro-fied sonic penchants through the eye of a modern-rock needle.” ... more

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