Patty Griffin - I Write The Book lyrics

I'm over here and it's cold I'm writing recipes for growing old Growing old, mean and alone Oh, baby, pick up the phone This pain in my heart Has been with me through the ages And I walk IT around like a very old friend It goes everywhere I go It's been everywhere I've been There's something shiny in my pocket It's the key to my heart Why don't you unlock it? I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain It used to be, babe, good between us I don't know how to explain We used to be Adonis and Venus Now we're the water flowing down the drain Don't wanna be bad Don't wanna lie Don't wanna make you mad And I don't wanna die Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives Cuts through me like a knife I been eating your crops like a big old locust Now I wanna be a little more in focus I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain MUSICAL BREAK I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain Oh... And the obit....oh And the obit....oh And the obit....everyday Whoa, oh oh, oh, oh ah... I write the book