LYRIC FOR SALE

By Ironwood Road

[Intro - Slow, distorted blues guitar lick]
[Verse 1 - Storytelling, steady rhythm]
The porch light’s burnin’ steady and bright
Kitchen floor’s glowin’ in the overhead light
Trash is at the curb, every bill’s been paid
Money in the bank from the sweat that I made

The grass is cut level, the hedges are trimmed
Car’s tuned up right and the tank’s at the brim
Fixed every leak and I changed every bulb
Gave you my time and I gave you my soul

When the world got cold, I was the heat in your bed
Kept the rain off your back, did the best that I can

But you looked through my work like a pane of glass
Just watchin’ the years and my kindness pass
Yeah, you’re gonna notice once I’m away
When your world won’t take care of itself every day

[Chorus - Anthemic, powerful, more vocal grit.]
I broke my back buildin’ a life for two
While I was the only one seein’ it through
I finally see it’s a one-sided fight
And I’m done tryin’ to make it all right

I’m layin’ down the weight of this heavy load
Givin’ up the fight and takin’ the road
I’m walkin’ away and I’m finally free
From a love that was always just lived by me

Yeah it’s too late… too late to turn around

[Verse 2 - Storytelling, steady rhythm]
When I talked, you never heard a word
When you talked, that’s all I ever heard
When you hurt, I was the one there for you
When I hurt, you didn’t come through

When you needed me, I was already there
When I needed you, you didn’t even care
You called me a baby, said I was actin’ small
But I had to stop my world every time you’d fall

Told the whole world you didn’t need a man
But you kept on reachin’ for my hand

[Chorus - Anthemic, powerful, more vocal grit.]
I broke my back buildin’ a life for two
While I was the only one seein’ it through
I finally see it’s a one-sided fight
And I’m done tryin’ to make it all right

I’m layin’ down the weight of this heavy load
Givin’ up the fight and takin’ the road
I’m walkin’ away and I’m finally free
From a love that was always just lived by me

Yeah it’s too late… too late to turn around

[Verse 3 - Storytelling, steady rhythm]
Keys in my hand, standin’ by the door
You barely even look up like you’ve done before
Say you don’t need me, like it’s nothin’ new
Same old lies you convinced yourself are true

You roll your eyes like I won’t walk away
Like I ain’t heard every cold word you say
Thinkin’ I’ll turn back like I always do
But this time I’m done playin’ your fool

You say “go on” like it don’t mean a thing
Like I won’t follow through on anything
But I’m steppin’ out and I ain’t slowin’ down
You don’t hear the silence… but you will when I’m not around

[Bridge - Dynamic shift, more atmospheric.]
I spent a lifetime fightin’ for two
Till I lost the man that I once knew
But now that I’m walkin’, the air’s gettin’ clear
I see that old stranger start to reappear
Every mile I put between us on this road
I’m findin’ the me that you turned into a ghost

[Guitar Solo: Slow, slow-hand blues style, weeping notes that build into a gritty, distorted climax]

[Final Chorus - Anthemic, powerful, more vocal grit.]
I broke my back buildin’ a life for two
While I was the only one seein’ it through
I finally see it’s a one-sided fight
And I’m done tryin’ to make it all right

I’m layin’ down the weight of this heavy load
Givin’ up the fight and takin’ the road
I’m walkin’ away and I’m finally free
From a love that was only held up by me

Yeah it’s too late… too late to turn around

[Outro - Stripped back, fading out]
It’s too late...
Too late to turn around
[Fade out with a final, low blues chord]