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oh please Father can you help me i think i’ve done it again
seems i’m falling and i’m not too pure to tempt the sin
and i’m tired of this losing streak i fell into

oh please Father can you stop me from what i’m about to do
boy won’t you lay your head beside me put your hand in mine
let me love you let me let you look into my eyes
take what you want and don’t leave nothing that you want to keep
oh but only if you’ll still hold me when it gets too deep

i’m going all in on a bad deal cause i’m getting tired of wasting time
if you don’t want me baby won’t you tell me
i’ll be fine
but quit holding me on the line

oh please Father can you help me read these subtle cues
cause lyin’s not me and i know he sees right through my ruse
if i’m willing now to let my honest feelings show
then lay your cards out on the table boy i want to know

if i’m going all in on a bad deal cause i’m getting tired of wasting time
if you don’t want me baby won’t you tell me
i’ll be fine
but quit holding me on the line

all i want is to know if i’ve been reading you all wrong
if the cards of this game have been stacked against me all along
all i want is to know if i’ve been reading this all wrong

so i’m going all in on a bad deal cause i’m getting tired of wasting time
if you don’t want me baby won’t you tell me
i’ll be fine
but quit holding me on the line
quit holding me on the line
quit holding me.

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from Making Friends with Ghosts, released August 20, 2010
Piano bridge written in collaboration with and performed by Sara Dickson. Featuring Ueli Schweizer on violins.

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Kristen Leigh North Carolina

North Carolina native Kristen Leigh's music blurs the lines between genres and styles, drawing from a diverse range of influences to produce unique, folk-based compositions with orchestral arrangements that are at once playful, provocative, and prophetic. Her emotionally honest lyrics explore themes like vulnerability, poverty, grief, redemption, disillusionment, courage, love, and defiant hope. ... more

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