The Story music video

[ THE STORY
https://suno.com/s/JNWxr1M0DmAIWPze
Continuation of LIFE AND LIVING series songs in conjunction with LIFE AND LIVING series of my books ( https://tinyurl.com/LifeAndLivingSeries ) ]

[Verse 1]
I opened a blank page at 2:14
With a cold soda ring and a buzzing screen
Tried to say it straight, tried to keep it lean
About a kid with a key and a rusted screen door dream

He left town in a borrowed truck
Three songs on the dash, one pair of luck
I wrote him a girlfriend with a chipped blue mug
And a map in her bag that she never opened up

[Chorus]
So I’m telling a story by telling this song
Cutting the lines where the good parts belong
Putting a whole little life in three chords and a hook
A name, a town, and the turn of a look
It’s just a short tale, but it travels far
From my notebook page to the back of your car
I keep it small, keep it close, keep it true
A song like a story, a story like you

[Verse 2]
I gave the old man a radio hum
A porch light click and a thumb on a thumb
He’d say, “Don’t dress it up, don’t make it shine”
So I let the silence do half the lines

The kid missed home by a county mile
The girl by a laugh and a crooked smile
I changed one ending, then changed it back
Let the last verse land where the first one cracked

[Chorus]
So I’m telling a story by telling this song
Cutting the lines where the good parts belong
Putting a whole little life in three chords and a hook
A name, a town, and the turn of a look
It’s just a short tale, but it travels far
From my notebook page to the back of your car
I keep it small, keep it close, keep it true
A song like a story, a story like you

[Bridge]
And maybe that’s all that a writer can do
Pack up a day and hand it to you
With a worn-out pen and a thumb-worn tape
Make a minute feel like it got away

[Final Chorus]
So I’m telling a story by telling this song
Making it fit where the beat rolls along
A few plain words and a line that holds
A little brass ring of the lives I fold
It’s a short tale, but it sticks around
In the crack of the beat, in the room, in the sound
I keep it small, keep it close, keep it true
A song like a story, a story like you

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