all lyrics and music by jon henry
Down a lonely hallway in a back room
Little place in PA that’ll be gone soon
You were telling stories about when you were 22
You said it used to be easier
Had a little bit of tremor in your hands and voice
But your clear eyes steady like an honest choice
It was always her name above the noise
But it doesn’t get easier when the music stops
You ached to hold her hand there while she slept
But your memories are higher than broken moments by the bed
I was on the outside looking in
You set all your doubts on fire, burned away the rest of them
You said it doesn’t get easier
But what’s real won’t end
You said you’re resolved to this moving on
You’ll play out your strings til your time is done
But you still get knots up in your throat
Standing on the steps outside what used to be your home
You ache to hold her hand there while she slept
But your memories are higher than broken moments by the bed
I was on the outside looking in
You set all your doubts on fire, burned away the rest of them
You said it doesn’t get easier
But what’s real won’t end
Oh my, oh my
We get older, we get older
Oh my, oh my
We get older, we get older
But I keep on going over all these broken records playing in my head
Oh my, oh my
We get older, we get older
But I’m never getting over this broken thing that’s beating in my chest
It doesn’t get easier
But what’s real won’t end