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Late At Night

from The Beauty Way by The Beauty Way

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written in 1991 by Jim about his house in Jamaica Plain, helped out by various chord changes suggested by Matt LeBlanc in 2003, this is one of the older original songs we do...

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Late At Night
©Jim Bouchard

Late at night I stay up
and listen while the house falls asleep
It settles in with its creaks and groans
and I wonder what is wrong with me
that I should be so restless
when my home is whispering peace
something I left undone today
just won’t let me be

I swept the floor and I did the dishes
and then I read a little bit
I looked around as the day faded
and I wonder how I ended up with all this shit
It’s not that I’m the kind of guy
that values having the most things
When all I’ve gotten just burdens me
and just won’t let me be


So when all around me all I hear is
the murmuring of the deepening night
I trace the edges of my day and wonder
if by chance I’ve done something right...
When exhaustion fails to encircle me
in its embrace of oblivious rest
If all has failed to go perfectly
at least I’ve done my best

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from The Beauty Way, released March 28, 2014
harmony vocals by Gray with Cate and Jim, lap steel solo by Cate

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The Beauty Way Boston, Massachusetts

From Waltham and Jamaica Plain, MA
Americana rock featuring lap steel and ukulele in addition to piano electric guitar bass and drums

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