Ferron: "Ain't Life a Brook"
Greatest break up song ever? None of that Taylor Swift girl power shit. Just pure poignancy from the criminally little-known Canadian singer-songwriter giant Ferron. Ain't Life a Brook I watch you reading a book I get to thinking our love's a polished stone You give me a long drawn look I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home And of course I mind Especially when I'm thinking from my heart But life don't clickety-clack down a straight line track It comes together and it comes apart You say you hope I'm not the kind To make you feel obliged To go ticking through your time With a pained look in your eyes You give me the furniture, we'll divide the photographs Go out to dinner one more time Have ourselves a bottle of wine And a couple of laughs And when first you left I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine And something that I could keep Now I realize that time is not the only compromise But a...
