This is a proposed 15th Anniversary Gift collaboration with @carleybaer
That Crystal Ball
Out at the statewide pawn shop, behind that Southern Thrift
Trading in my old guitar, looking for a wedding gift
Checking you for missing parts, thinking I'd take you home
Out at the statewide pawnshop, behind that Southern Thrift
You told me you could tell the future
In a cut rate crystal ball
You taught me how to tell the future
Told me take it all
You showed me how to tell the future
In a cut rate crystal ball
That crystal ball
A registry at Dillard, a stack of save the dates
Deposit on a deejay, icing for a cake
Nothing but the whole hog coulda done for me and you
A registry at Dillards, a stack of save the dates
You told me you could tell the future
In a cut rate crystal ball
You taught me how to tell the future
Told me take it all
You showed me how to tell the future
In a cut rate crystal ball
That crystal ball
Now what could be as lonesome as turning back a pawnshop ring
You told me I could tell the future
But Honey, here's the thing
You taught me how to tell the futre
Now all I wanna tell the future
All I wanna tell the future is
Bring me back the past
Oh, bring me back the past
Where you taught me how to tell the future
In a cut rate crystal ball
That crystal ball
Lyrics by Nancy Cunningham
@infilktion Feb 2022
Interesting lyrics I'd love to hear the music and tune when you pick them
@elesimo Feb 2022
This is lovely, I love the rhythm of the words on the verses. And the line "Bring me back the past" is heartbreaking but beautiful!