The Shirts: Emptier


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So you’re here with a violet glow
 Yeah you’re near I hear the wild winds blowin’
And it’s clear it won’t take you long
With your shears to tear my soul 

 Now I’m emptier (it’s the end of us)
Yeah I’m emptier than I was before
You’re like a lightning bolt
I’m emptier emptier getting emptier

 Now I’m here, broken boned
You’re the sum of all my fear, barring none
And it’s clear: it won’t take you long
With your shears to tear my soul straight across

 Still I’m emptier (it’s the end of us)
Yeah I’m emptier than I was before
You’re a lightning bolt
Yeah, I’m emptier

Now I’m lonelier than I was before

lonelier  lonelier

I’m emptier

Love Is done and now you must go on

by Ron Ardito and Kathy McCloskey

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