Name: Stops Before It Starts
Duration: P00H03M49S
Description: It's a love story. It's a ghost story. I don't know.

Stops Before It Starts

from Where The River Meets The Sea by Beowulf Kingsley

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It's a love story. It's a ghost story. I don't know.

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STOPS BEFORE IT STARTS

"Is this seat taken?" At the small Parisian bar
I thought that it was starting, and it sounded good so far
Your brown eyes were shining as the band began to play
We had to do the Cha-Cha before the evening slipped away
And as we kept on dancing, I was sure you were the one
Until the stroke of midnight, when you suddenly were gone

You girl, where did you come from on that night
You left the dance floor holding my poor heart
I lost the chance for the magic and the light
A sad affair that stops before it starts

I looked and looked, but you were simply not around
I don't think I imagined our connection so profound
Then my eyes were captured by the picture on the wall
And though it seemed so crazy, I could understand it all
Those brown eyes were shining, shining back at me
Back from when they painted you in 1703

You girl, where did you come from on that night
You left the dance floor holding my poor heart
I lost the chance for the magic and the light
A sad affair that stops before it starts

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from Where The River Meets The Sea, released March 20, 2022

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Beowulf Kingsley Grass Lake Charter Township, Michigan

Todd was here before. Perhaps you recognize him from back then. He looked different then, though. If you think he owes you any money, he was probably some other guy. Those other guys are gone now. We think they may be in Guam, or possibly Kansas.

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