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Supposedly it was a wise wise man
Who said it's better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all, but never to have loved.
How many times is the truth that you take to be true
Just truth falling apart at the same speed as you
Until it all comes away at a million degrees
And you're just a few pieces of fallin' debris

And she's hopeful, hopeful, for me
I'm coming out of the dark clouds


Then she went away and she packed all her love and
I could not believe it how little there was and
I stood in the cold kitchen with nothin' to say
Who'd keep the whole world spinning when she went away yeah?
She kept telling me about the good things I deserved
That I wanted somebody I'd mistaken for her
But one look in my eyes and she'd know she was wrong
So she wouldn't look back at me until she was gone
How many times did you give all your love and
Find out it was so far from far from enough?
I followed her out into the street in the rain
And the whole world stopped spinning and just went up in flames

And she's hopeful, hopeful, for me
Coming out of the dark clouds
She's hopeful, hopeful, for me
She says it to me often

The sunlight corroded and the day started to fail
The rocks in the road sharpened shadows to nails
The fence posts were empty and so were the trees
Had the bluebird of youth sung its last tune for me
I've seen her around now with someone new I don't know
She likes greed-eyed boys who are haloed in hope
But I know the look in his eyes and I know all the old signs
It's just a couple more curves before his own road unwinds
These days I'm feelin' better about the man that I am
There's some things I can change and there's others I can't
I met someone new now I know I deserve
I never met someone who loves the world more than her
She has been through her own share of hard times as well
And she's learned how to tear out the heaven from hell
Most nights I'm alright still old rocks roll downhill
But she says I'll get better, she knows that I will

And she's hopeful, hopeful, for me
I'm coming out of the dark clouds
She's hopeful, hopeful, for me
I'm coming out of the dark clouds
She's hopeful, hopeful, for me
I'm coming out of the dark clouds, coming out of the dark clouds

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Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.

Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. He started at Oberlin College with the intent to follow in his parents' scientist footsteps, but instead discovered songwriting, and the music of artists like Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, and Leonard Cohen. He graduated and then moved east, favoring its close proximity to historic folk clubs such as "Club Passim" in Boston. On a shoestring budget he recorded his critically acclaimed breakthrough album Golden Age of Radio in 2002 at various tiny, one-room studios on the East Coast. He has continued to grow from there, further developing his sound on subsequent albums.

Josh has recorded several records and E.P.s. In chronological order, they are:

Josh Ritter (Self Titled) (2000)
Golden Age of Radio (2001)
Come and Find Me EP (2003)
Hello Starling (2003)
4 Songs Live E.P. (2005)
The Animal Years (2006)
Girl In The War E.P. (2006)
Good Man E.P. (2006)
In The Dark: Live At Vicar Street (2006)
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter (2007)
Live at the Record Exchange EP (2008)
So Runs the World Away (2010)
To the Yet Unknowing World (2011)
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Live at The Iveagh Gardens (April 2011)
The Beast In Its Tracks (2013)
Acoustic Live, Vol.1 (2015)
Sermon on the Rocks (2015) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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