I Write The Book Lyrics - Patty Griffin

I'm over here and it's cold 

I'm writing recipes for growing old 

Growing old, mean and alone 

Oh, baby, pick up the phone 

This pain in my heart 

Has been with me through the ages 

And I walk IT around like a very old friend 

It goes everywhere I go 

It's been everywhere I've been 

There's something shiny in my pocket 

It's the key to my heart 

Why don't you unlock it? 

I write the book on loneliness 

I write the poem on pain 

I'm the obituary in the newspaper 

Lying out in the pouring rain 

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It used to be, babe, good between us 

I don't know how to explain 

We used to be Adonis and Venus 

Now we're the water flowing down the drain 

Don't wanna be bad 

Don't wanna lie 

Don't wanna make you mad 

And I don't wanna die 

Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives 

Cuts through me like a knife 

I been eating your crops like a big old locust 

Now I wanna be a little more in focus 

I write the book on loneliness 

I write the poem on pain 

I'm the obituary in the newspaper 

Lying out in the pouring rain 

MUSICAL BREAK 

I write the book on loneliness 

I write the poem on pain 

I'm the obituary in the newspaper 

Lying out in the pouring rain 

Oh... 

And the obit... oh 

And the obit... oh 

And the obit... everyday 

Whoa, oh oh, oh, oh ah... 

I write the book