You’re going to rise to find
another day is gone.
You gonna leave me, baby
before the end of the song?
Cause I want to know
how it ends.
I’ve got to know,
how the damn thing ends.

One for nothing, and
two because it’s cold.
You reason with reason
at the fork in the road.
Still, I want to know
how it ends
Oh, I need to know
how the whole thing ends.

When your boat is taking water
you had better bail.
When the hammer’s in your hand,
someone has to get nailed.
Oh baby, how does it end?
Come back to bed, 
we can begin again, but
darlin’, how does it end?

I saw a dog with one leg
and a tattooed kid.
Spend your whole life
covering up things you never did.
I want to know
how it ends.
I need to know
how the whole thing ends.

You think you can hide
but my friend, time will not wait.
You'll probably show up
at your own funeral late.
Still, I want to know
how it ends
I need to know
how the whole thing ends.

When the boat is taking water
you had better bail.
When the hammer’s in your hand,
then someone has to get nailed.
Oh baby, how does it end?
You can turn the page and
see where we begin,
but darlin’, how does it end?

You see, it’s like a crow
that is flying straight.
A fish fishing with
his own damn bait.
Think of the devil in heaven
with a key to the Pearly Gates.
Oh baby, I can’t wait.
So tell me
how’s it going to end?
Oh, how does
the whole thing end?
I can’t find
where it began,
so please tell me,
does it end?

When the boat is taking water
then someone has to get nailed.
When the hammer is in your hand,
then you had better bail.
Oh baby, how does it end.
Come back to bed and
see where we began.
You can turn the page and
we can begin again,
but darlin’, how does it end?

Bye bye baby 
(Bye bye)
Bye bye baby
(Bye bye)

So long and Farewell

Bye bye baby
(bye bye)

So long and Farewell
(bye bye)

How Does It End (Lyrics in description)

Maybe there’s an end to everything
Maybe life is built that way
When you held me in the darkness
Really thought you were going to stay

Sitting across the kitchen table 
with no words to find 
I see the steam rise from your coffee
you've already made up your mind

Nothing so strong 
as a man who has already made up his mind

Thing is
Tears fall
Won’t be able
To hear me if I call
Thing is
Love ends
Really wish when it did
We could have stayed friends

Life is cold when you age
Life is big and time gets away
Seems the more I think of you
The less I remember those days

Night is colder here without you
empty arms are all I find 
this bed is too big to sleep in 
without a man who's made up his mind

Nothing so strong 
as a man who has already made up his mind

Thing is
Tears fall
Won’t be able
To hear me if I call
Thing is
Love ends
Really wish when it did
We could have stayed friends

Thing is
We were young
Truly, my love I thought
I was the only one
Thing is
Time heals
Some of it comes back
And I remember how it feels

Thing is
Tears fall
Life moves on
Love is over and all
Thing is
Time flies
Love born a time ago
Just will up and die
Thing is
We were young
In the end you must have thought
You were the only one
Thing is …

Thing Is (Lyrics In Description)

Much appreciation to my uncle for allowing me to adapt his beautiful poem "Perfectly Flawed" (below) into this song.

Some might say I’m damaged goods
But I am perfectly flawed
My scars are beautiful reminders
Of where my life has been 
I look back in awe
At how life has shaped me
I’ve been cleansed by floods
And forged by fires
Felt the emptiness of nothingness
And the excesses of desires

There is nothing new in these words
You’ve heard them all before
They’re cliché because they’re true
Is my glass half empty or half full
I’m tempted to say it’s overflowing
Or an empty vessel waiting to be used
Sometimes I’m confused by living
Thinking that it’s over or just begun
One moment crying the next amused

**** by Carlton Carr (Copyright 2021) *****

How Does It End (Lyrics in description)

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