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from Lived In. Left Out. vol i by Emily Otis

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Momma’s working, daddy’s long gone
brother’s run off again, I am all I own
Been sleeping in the family van every night
Through rusty eyes momma tries
to say everything will be fine
but sometimes I think I know she’s wrong
Keep telling myself that we're better off
we're better off together in hell than to ever be
don’t wanna ever be alone

Justine stared out the window onto the streets
got a lot on her mind
Found out years later that her mother had died
And though mother despised her
Justine rather she were alive
She’d rather be hated than be alone to face life
Scrambling for her dollars, dollars to pay the bills
And child support from her daughter’s father
though she knows he never will
She keeps telling herself that she’s better off
better off together in hell than to ever be
don’t wanna ever be alone
No one should ever be alone

I ain’t called nothing, and we got no home
We just keep stretching
like the thin skin over our bones
but we’ve got each other at least for now
Tried to tell me the doctors lied when they
told you what the heroin gave
And though you apologize, I feel alive
Sometimes things are okay, when I am with you
You telling yourself that we're better off
you’re better off, together in hell than to ever be
don’t wanna ever be
Yeah, you keep telling yourself
telling yourself that we’re better off
you’re better off, together in hell than to ever be alone

Time ain’t working, lover's long gone
Twist this cigarette into my arm
I am all alone

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from Lived In. Left Out. vol i, released February 24, 2019

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