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It Won't Be Very Long (SINGLE)

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A wistful acoustic ballad about enduring love and lingering pain.

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It Won't Be Very Long

Playing in a crowded bar
Strumming on this old guitar
Singing a familiar tune
That's how I would imagine you

But I was only two weeks old
When heaven came and took your soul
Mama gave me your guitar
I'd play it when I'd visit her

And she'd say, "Sometimes when it rains
I feel that old familiar pain
And sometimes when it snows
I feel the world is so damn cold
But when you play his old guitar
I know that heaven's not that far, oh no
And when you sing your daddy's song
I know it won't be very long"

Your life was not an easy one
Traveling from town to town
Playing on this old guitar
And dreaming you'd become a star

She said that when I came along
You promised you would settle down
And become a family man
But heaven had another plan

And she'd say, "Sometimes when it rains
I feel that old familiar pain
And sometimes when it snows
I feel the world is so damn cold
But when you play his old guitar
I know that heaven's not that far, oh no
And when you sing your daddy's song
I know it won't be very long"

"I know it won't be very long
And that I'll soon be joining him
No it won't be very long
Till I hear his voice again
How I long to be with him
And if heaven will let me in
I know it won't be very long"

The night before your life would end
You took some paper and a pen
And wrote a simple love song
To your wife and newborn son

The snow and rain was pouring down
They found you at the edge of town
Among the wreck this old guitar, and your song
On the dashboard of that battered car

Now mama did the best she could
She loved me as no other would
But how could she forget the pain
That night of snow and driving rain

And she'd say, "Sometimes when it rains
I feel that old familiar pain
And sometimes when it snows
I feel the world is so damn cold
But when you play his old guitar
I know that heaven's not that far, oh no
And when you sing your daddy's song
I know it won't be very long"

credits

released February 23, 2018
Written and performed by Anthony Armenta
Recording, mixing and mastering by Anthony Armenta

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Apricot Hill is my solo music project. I write, perform, record, mix and master all tracks in my home studio.

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