Name: Florida
Duration: P00H06M33S
Description: The summer before I started writing the batch of songs that shaped themselves into this record, I spent my Spring Break road tripping to various and sundry beaches on the Florida coast with 3 of my closest friends. The opening lines from this song were scribbled into a journal I kept during that week.

Florida

from Your Voice; A Violin. Your Tongue; A Tambourine. by Dave Armstrong

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The summer before I started writing the batch of songs that shaped themselves into this record, I spent my Spring Break road tripping to various and sundry beaches on the Florida coast with 3 of my closest friends. The opening lines from this song were scribbled into a journal I kept during that week.

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I don’t know the weather in Florida,
I don’t know the time on the South East coast,

But I know no matter the time,
And whether the sun sets or rises,
That I will not be there with the woman I used to love.

I don’t know what you feel when you’re alone at night,
I’m still confused by the feelings in myself,
I’m sure you just wish there was someone laying at your side,
And darling, I am wishing that as well,

But I don’t think I want you like I did before,
Your eyes see me different, and mine can’t see you the same,
Your hands and eyes are the keys to another door,
They don’t fit in mine, I guess my locks were changed.

And I guess no matter the time,
And whether the sun sets or rises,
That I will not be with the woman I used to love.

I don’t know the reasons for why I have to go,
I think it’s cause I don’t know why I stayed,
Your tongue made me weak, your body made me speak,
Words that I had never meant to say,

And those words never could pay off the loneliness,
Need is a debt we’re born with that we can’t pay,
And maybe you’re still with me after all of this,
But if it hurts this bad, I wish you wouldn’t stay.

And I wish no matter the time,
Or whether the sun sets or rises,
That I could just be with the woman I used to love.

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from Your Voice; A Violin. Your Tongue; A Tambourine., released May 6, 2011

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