Only The Song Survives Lyrics - John Hiatt

I woke her up twice in the middle of the night 

To ask what her name is and where she might live 

To ask how many fingers she saw in this light 

To ask if she might know what gives 

She said we rolled that Camaro like a cowboy cigarette 

Out on the highway in a puddle of beer 

That's just about how close to death you're gonna get 

Till the only thing standing is fear 

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Singing, oh darling, faces were changed 

The names of the innocent, the story at five 

Oh darling, faces get strange 

But only the song survives 

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She said, now don't you remember they put a patch on your eye 

Like Dread Pirate Roberts, you looked so unplanned 

They cut off my wedding ring and you started to cry 

A one-eyed Niagara Falls man 

CHORUS 

I said, but I never married - I said with surprise 

And is this the diamond you said that you lost 

It was under my eyelids when they flushed out my eyes 

Hell and I don't know what the thing cost 

CHORUS TWICE 

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But I woke up sweating to breakfast in bed 

And there were my children, and there was my wife 

Post-traumatic stress, of just a bump on the head 

Or maybe the ride of my life 

CHORUS TWICE